Author

Publication

2002-04-11 - Oxford University Press, USA

Language

English

Word Count

72,500 words, Guess

Page Count

290 pages

Identifiers

and 7 more
  • ISBN-139780195146509
  • Goodreads320292
  • LibraryThing125341
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001035850
  • OCLC Control Number47045159
  • Better World Books9780195146509
  • Open LibraryOL7389750M

Classifications

  • LCCDS119.76.G67 2002
  • LCCDS119.76 .G67 2002

Description

Part I: Analysis 1. The Interaction between Religion and Culture in Peace and Conflict2. Family Myths and Cultural Conflict3. Political and Mythic Interdependencies4. Patterns of Abrahamic Incrimination5. Conflict, Injury, and TransformationPart II: Practical Applications 6. Patterns of Abrahamic Reconciliation: Act, Ritual, and Symbol as Transformation7. The Use of the Word and Its Limits: Dialogue as Peacemaking8. Ritual Civility, Moral Practices of Interpersonal Exchange, and Symbolic Communication9. De-escalation Plans and General Steps toward a New Relationship10. Specific Steps toward a New RelationshipNotesBibliographyIndex

Description

The use of religion in inflaming the Palestinian/Israeli conflict represents one understanding of the Abrahamic traditions. Marc Goplin argues for a greater integration of the Middle East peace process with the region's religious groups.

First Sentence

The complexity of human social relationships seems to require a degree of healthy conflict, by its very nature.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Holy War, Holy Peace: How Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle EastOxford University Press, USA2002-04-11

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