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Acknowledgments
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Can People of Faith, and People in Peace and Conflict
Studies, Work Together?
Thomas Matyök and Maureen Flaherty
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Part I: Peace and Conflict Studies in a Contextualized Place
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Religion, Peace and Violence: Tensions and Promises
David Creamer and Christopher Hrynkow
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Ahimsa: A World without Violence?
Klaus Klostermaier
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Blessing-Based Love (Agape) as a Heuristic Key to
Understanding Effective Reconciliation Practices: A
Reading of I Corinthians 13 in a Peacebuilding Context
Vern Neufeld Redekop
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Part II: Religions and Peace and Conflict Studies
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Catholic Peacemaking: A History and Analysis with Special
Emphasis on the Work of the Community of Sant 'Egidio
John F. Perry
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Evangelical Women and Transformative Peacebuilding
Kristen Lundquist, Hien Vu, and Chris Seiple
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Judaism and the Path to Peace
Michael Lerner
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Islam and Peace and Conflict Studies
Nathan C. Funk
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The Role of Indigenous African Religion in Peacemaking
Hamdesa Tuso
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10 Aboriginal Peoples in Canada and the Role of Religion in
Conflict: The Ever Elusive Peace
Paul Nicolas Cormier
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11 Mennonite International Peacebuilding and Local
Ownership
Chuck Thiessen
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12 Let Us See What Love Can Do: Quaker Contributions to
Peacebuilding
Vernie Davis
13 Haitian Vodou: Peace Begins Within
Margaret Mitchell Armand
14 Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Provocations and
Challenges for a Just Peace in an Era of Conflict and Global
Transitions
Harry Anastasiou
15 Ancient News from Buddha's Research Lab: The Role of
Buddhism in Peace and Conflict Settings
Katharina Bitzker
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16 Hinduism: War, Peace, and Peace and Conflict Studies
S. I. Keethaponcalan
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17 Daoist Harmony as a Chinese Worldview
Yueh-Ting Lee, Honggang Yang, and Min Wang
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18 Humanity's Coming of Age: A Bahä'i View of the Process
toward World Peace
Charles Egerton
19 Religious Leader Engagement: Military Chaplains
Engaging Indigenous Religious Leaders and Their
Communities in Operations (Voices from the International
Chaplaincy Community)
Padre S. K. Moore
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Part III: The Way Forward: Four Faith Models
20 Striving for Justice and Peace on Earth, Catholic Peace
Initiatives
Ismael Muvingi
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21 Peace building Principles and Values in Islam : Beyond the
Basic Framework
Mohammed Abu-Nimer
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22 Peace on Earth: The Anabaptist-Mennonite Perspective
Lois Edmund
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23 Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam: The "Oasis of Peace"
Deanna Armbruster
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24 Conclusions: Peace on Earth Revisited
Hamdesa Tuso, Jessica Senehi, and Scan Byrne
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Index
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About the Contributors
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