Religion, politics, and peace / edited by Leroy S. Rouner.

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English
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Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©1999.
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xvii, 209 pages ; 24 cm.

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    American political life has long honored the separation of church and state as the best way to protect religion from control by the state, and the state from control by religion. Yet religion has been a critical resource for the moral foundations without which the state crumbles. This same paradox is reflected in the relation between religion and peace. Religion has probably been the single most significant cause of warfare in human history and, at the same time, the single most significant force for peace. The essays in Religion, Politics, and Peace will not untangle the paradox, even though they recognize it. For the most part, they are concerned to explore ways in which religion has both enhanced political life and served the cause of peace.
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    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Leroy S. Rouner
    • Political reconciliation / Jürgen Moltmann
    • Politics and forgiveness / Jean Bethke Elshtain
    • The urgency of hope / Elie Wiesel
    • The voice of religion in political discourse / Bhikhu Parekh
    • Peace as politics / Stephen Darwall
    • Common ground and defensible difference / John Clayton
    • Religious strife and the culture wars / Ronald F. Thiemann
    • Gandhi : the fusion of religion and politics / John Hick
    • Can we keep peace with nature? / Stephanie Kaza
    • Religions and the culture of peace / Raimon Panikkar.
    ISBN
    • 026801664X ((alk. paper))
    • 9780268016647 ((alk. paper))
    • 0268016658 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780268016654 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    98048108
    OCLC
    40163534
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