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Informationen zum Autor Joyce S. Dubensky, Esq. is the CEO of Tanenbaum, a secular, nonsectarian nonprofit that systematically dismantles religious violence and hatred through peacemakers in armed conflicts and by tackling religious bullying of students, harassment in workplaces, and disparate health treatment for people based on their beliefs. Internationally in demand as a speaker, Dubensky has presented at the United Nations, the Interfaith Kosovo Second Annual Conference, the United States Institute of Peace, and Harvard University, among others. Klappentext The second volume of Peacemakers in Action tells the stories of remarkable individuals - peacemakers - across the world who strive to end violence in religiously charged conflicts. Zusammenfassung Volume 2 of Peacemakers in Action tells the stories of eight 'peacemakers' who use their religion as a positive force to stop violence in conflicts around the world. It offers students of religious and grassroots peacebuilding methods for organizing community action! establishing trust in conflict! and instilling hope amid turmoil. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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....
