Faith-based diplomacy : trumping realpolitik

Faith-based diplomacy : trumping realpolitik / edited by Douglas M. Johnston.

In non-Western cultures, religion is a primary motivation for political actions. Historically dismissed by Western policymakers as a divisive influence, religion may in fact have significant potential. Its incorporation as part of the solution to political problems is, the author argues, overdue.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Johnston, Douglas, 1938-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects:
Religion and international relations.
Religion and politics.
Ethnic conflict > Religious aspects.
War > Religious aspects.
Ethnic conflict > Religious aspects
Religion and international relations
Religion and politics
War > Religious aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Lee H. Hamilton
  • Faith-based diplomacy
  • Introduction : realpolitik expanded / Douglas Johnston
  • Faith-based diplomacy and preventive engagement / Douglas Johnston, Brian Cox
  • Applications
  • Kashmir : has religion a role in making peace? / Ainslie Embree
  • Religion and conflict : the case of Buddhism in Sri Lanka / H.L. Seneviratne
  • Judaism and peacebuilding in the context of Middle Eastern conflict
  • Peacemaking qualities of Judaism as revealed in sacred scripture / Marc Gopin
  • Christianity in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo : from ethnic captive to reconciling agent / David A. Steele
  • Conflict resolution as a normative value in Islamic law : handling disputes with non-Muslims / Khaled Abou El Fadl
  • Conflict resolution as a normative value in Islamic law : application to the Republic of Sudan / Sulayman Nyang, Douglas Johnston
  • Closure
  • Retrieving the missing dimension of statecraft : religious faith in the service of peacebuilding / R. Scott Appleby.

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