Contents Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xvii List of Illustrations xix Part I Religion and the Search for Peace 1 1 Introduction: Religion and the Search for Peace 3 Jolyon Mitchell and Suzanna R. Millar 2 World Religions and Peace 21 Jolyon Mitchell, Anna S. King, Susan Hayward, Jasjit Singh, George Wilkes, Joshua Rey, and Hussam Timani 3 Relationships between Religion and Peace 39 Ian S. Markham 4 The Intersectional Turn: Theories and Practices for Studying Religion and Peace 49 Atalia Omer 5 Peacebuilding and Religion 63 John Paul Lederach interviewed by Jolyon Mitchell Part II Religion and Peace in Local Contexts 79 6 ''And a Little Child Shall Lead Them'': Listening to Young People in Israel/Palestine 81 Victoria Biggs 7 Negotiating the Sacred and the Profane in Jerusalem 91 Trond Bakkevig 8 Women''s Empowerment and Peacebuilding in an Islamic Context 101 Maryam Ahmad and James DeShaw Rae 9 Grassroots Peacebuilding in Contemporary Indonesia 112 Sumanto Al Qurtuby 10 From Dust and Ashes: Religion and Peacebuilding in Nepal 124 Mark Owen 11 Pursuing an ''Oppressed Peace'': Religion, Identity, and Minority Politics among Muslims in Sri Lanka 134 Farah Mihlar 12 Religion and Peacebuilding in Nigeria 143 Darren Kew and Chris M. A. Kwaja 13 Reconciliation and Non-violent Transformation in South Africa: At the Interface of Theology and Secular Politics 155 John W. de Gruchy 14 Religious Emotions and Religious Peacebuilding in Colombia 164 Sandra M. Rios Oyola 15 Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina 174 George R.
Wilkes 16 Gendering the Peace Process in Northern Ireland 185 Monica McWilliams and Avila Kilmurray Part III Practices and Embodiments 195 17 Hinduism: The Culture of Peace and the Ethics of War 197 Anna S. King 18 Cities of Sanctuary, Religion, and Justice 216 Helen M. Hintjens 19 Religion and Museums for Peace 231 Clive Barrett 20 ''Witchy'' Activism: Self-religion in Global Peace Movements 242 Francesca Po 21 Ritual and Peacebuilding 255 Lisa Schirch 22 Scriptural Reasoning and Peacebuilding 264 Peter Ochs 23 Contemporary Buddhist Peace Movements 275 Julie Blythe and Ruth Gamble 24 Mahatma Gandhi, Satyagraha, and the Politics of Non-Violence 289 Anna S. King Part IV Lived Theologies and Building Peace 307 25 Theology and Peacebuilding 309 Samuel Wells 26 ''Righteousness and Peace Will Kiss Each Other'': Christian Communities of Reconciliation and the Pursuit of Justice 319 Leah E. Robinson 27 Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Search for Peace 330 Dean J. Johnson 28 Acts of Resistance: Fruits of Grace: Overcoming Violence Against Women 340 Aruna Gnanadason 29 Spiritual Activism, Atomic Theology, and ''The Bomb'' in Scotland 349 Alastair McIntosh 30 Conflict in Congregations: Power, Polity, and Peace in the Church 364 Martyn Percy 31 Islamophobia and Nonviolence in a ''Christian Nation'' 373 Cynthia Boaz 32 News Media for Just Peace? Footwashing Making Headlines 383 Christopher Landau 33 Of Gods and Men: Peacebuilding and Catholic Social Teaching 391 Theodora Hawksley Part V Just War, Just Peace 403 34 Just War, Critique, and Conscientious Objection 405 Marc LiVecche and Nigel Biggar 35 Just Peace: From Versailles to Today 417 Maryann Cusimano Love 36 Religious Warrants: Virtue, Nonviolence, and Just Peace 428 Eli S. McCarthy 37 Can Restorative Justice Transform Structural and Cultural Violence? 438 Jason A.
Springs 38 The Humanitarian Conscience between War and Peace 454 Tobias Kelly 39 Ambivalence, Diversity and the Possibility of Religious Peacebuilding 462 Scott Appleby Part VI Religion and Peace on a Global Stage 473 40 International Relations, Religion, and Peace 475 Jeffrey Haynes 41 Histories: Religious Peace Movements in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 485 Megan Shore 42 Sociological Conceptualizations of Religion and Peacemaking 497 John D. Brewer 43 Geographies of Peace and Religion 509 J. P. Singh 44 Divine Intervention: Invoking God in Peace Agreements 518 Robert Forster and Christine Bell 45 Genocide Prevention, Religion, and Development 530 Azza Karam 46 Nationalism, Religion, and Peace 541 Joshua Rey 47 Religious Leaders and Peace 552 Nukhet Sandal 48 Religion in Peacebuilding: An Emerging Force for Change 562 Mohammed Abu-Nimer 49 Mediation, Peacebuilding, Arts, and Religion 573 Isabel Käser and Jolyon Mitchell 50 Religion and Peacebuilding in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict 589 Jolyon Mitchell Index 607.