Every day, men and women risk their lives to stop violence in religiously charged conflicts around the world. You may not know their names - but you should. Peacemakers in Action, Volume 2 provides a window into the triumphs, risks, failures, and lessons learned of eight remarkable, religiously motivated peacemakers including: • A Methodist bishop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who confronts armed warlords on his front lawn • A Christian who travels to Syria to coordinate medical aid and rebuild postwar communities • A Muslim woman, not knowing how Kabul's imams will react, arrives to train them on how to treat women - respectfully. Volume 2 offers students of religious and grassroots peacebuilding informative techniques and methods for organizing community action, establishing trust in conflict, and instilling hope amid turmoil. The book also features updates of case studies presented in Volume 1.
List of maps; List of contributors; Foreword George Rupp; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Peacemakers in action collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding; Part II. Case Studies: 2. The diplomat's daughter: persuing peace in Syria: Hind Kabawat Syria Marc Gopin and Thanos Gatsias; 3. War junkie for G-d: Andrew White Iraq Clayton Maring; 4. Sisters by choice: Osnat Aram-Daphna and Najeeba Sirhan Israel collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding; 5. Simple miracles: Ricado Esquivia Ballestas Colombia Clayton Maring and Kiersten Rooke; 6. Lighting a candle: Jamila Afghani Afghanistan Hyunjin Deborah Kwak and Sana Rais; 7. A Bishop for his people: Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda Demographic Republic of Congo Pamela D. Couture; 8. Pakistan's transformational trainer: Azhar Hussain Pakistan Kiersten Rooke; 9. Updates of case studies from Volume 1 collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding; Part III. Conclusion: 10. Understanding religious peacebuilding: resources for confronting violence and extremism Joyce S. Dubensky and Clayton Maring; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
