Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Terrorists and peacemakers may grow up in the same community and adhere to the same religious tradition. The killing carried out by one and the reconciliation fostered by the other indicate the range of dramatic and contradictory responses to human suffering by religious actors. This book explains what religious terrorists and religious peacemakers share in common, what causes them to take different paths in fighting injustice, and how a deeper understanding of religious extremism can and must be integrated more effectively into our thinking about tribal, regional, and international conflict.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-406) and index.
Table of Contents
The growing end of an argument -- Religion's violent accomplices -- Violence as a sacred duty: patterns of religious extremism -- Militants for peace -- Reconciliation and the politics of forgiveness -- Religion and conflict transformation -- The promise of internal pluralism: human rights and religious mission -- Ambivalence as opportunity: strategies for promoting religious peacebuilding.