Bridge Or Barrier: Religion, Violence and Visions for Peace

Preface......Page 7
Note on Contributors......Page 9
1. Religion: Source of Conflict or Resource for Peace? (Gerrie ter Haar)......Page 15
2. World Religions, Violence, and Myths of Peace in International Relations (Marc Gopin)......Page 47
3. Religious Conflict in Asia: Probing the Causes, Seeking Solutions (Chandra Muzaffar)......Page 69
4. From Open Violence to Symbolic Confrontation: Anthropological Observations of Latin America's Southern Cone (Daniel Míguez)......Page 93
5. The Promise of the Kingdom and the Reality of Sin: Christian Religion, Conflict and Visions for Peace (Jan van Butselaar)......Page 133
6. The Christian Church as a Peacemaker in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities (Joseph Adero Ngala)......Page 165
7. Bitter Conflict: Can Judaism Bring Hope? (Yehiel Grenimann)......Page 181
8. Human Rights and Islam: Cohesions and Conflicts – A Study of Pakistan (Ali Salman)......Page 197
9. West Papua Peace Zone: The Role of the Church in West Papua and Local Initiatives in the Struggle for Human Rights (Benny Giay)......Page 215
10. The Religious Sector Building Peace: Some Examples from the Philippines (Maria Lorenza Palm-Dalupan)......Page 237
11. Reflections on Human Security: A Buddhist Contribution (Thanh-Dam Truong)......Page 287
Universal Declaration of Human Rights......Page 311
The Precepts of the Order of Interbeing......Page 319
Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights......Page 323
The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam......Page 337
The Bangkok Declaration......Page 345
Toward a Declaration of a Global Ethic......Page 351
A Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic......Page 355
Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions......Page 363
United Religions Initiative Charter......Page 371
Religion and Violence......Page 375
Rabbis for Human Rights Principles of Faith......Page 379
Bibliography......Page 383
Index......Page 395