Islam and peacemaking in the Middle East

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Funk, Nathan C.
Other Authors: Said Abdul Aziz
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009..
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The context : transformations in Islamic-Western relations
  • The need for a new story
  • Religious resources for peacemaking : engaging Islam
  • Islamic peace paradigms
  • Peace through coercion : the problem of force in Islamic politics
  • Peace through equity : Islamic perspectives on a just and cooperative world order
  • Peace through conciliation : forms of Islamic conflict resolution
  • Peace through nonviolence : a paradigm of peaceful striving
  • Peace through universalism : Islamic spirituality and the culture of peace
  • Recommendations
  • Preparing for peace
  • An agenda for Islamic-Western cooperation.