Table of Contents

I. Introduction
1: Alternative Global Futures in the Balance
2: Between Religion and Conflict Resolution: Mapping a New Field of Study
II. A Critique of Current Secular ad Religious Approaches to Conflict and Peace
3: Why Modern Culture Fails to Understand Religiously Motivated Violence
4: What id Midding from Religious Approaches to War and Peace: Judaism an Islam as Paradigms
5: Modern Jewish Orthodox Theologies of Interreligious Coexistence: Strengths and Weaknesses
III. Paradigms of Religious Peacemaking in a Multicultural and Secular Context
6: Healing/Secular Conflict: The Case of Contemporary Israel
7: Conflict Resolution as a Religious Experience: Contemporary Mennonite Peacemaking
New Paradigms of Religion and Conflict Resolution: A Case Study of Judaism
IV Conclusion
9: Systematic Recommendations for Intervention in Contemporary Conflicts
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Marc Gopin, author of Holy War, Holy Peace (Oxford, 2002), is James H. Laue Professor and Director of the Center on Religion, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University.

Reviews

"[O]ffers a nuanced understanding of the relationship of religion and violence."--Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation
"An insightful examination of religious motivations for war and peace...a must-read for anyone interested in the influence of religion on violence and conflict."--Millennium: Journal of International Studies
"A respected practitioner as well as theorist of religious-conflict resolution."--Our Sunday Visitor
"[O]ffers a nuanced understanding of the relationship of religion and violence."--Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation