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Pioneering the study of the complex relationship between religion and deliberative democracy, this concise and easily accessible volume uses global case studies to instruct on how religious and democratic institutions can symbiotically address community and national challenges.
List of contents
Summary Recommendations and Implications for Policy Makers, Religious Leaders, Researchers and Practitioners Introduction: Religion and Deliberative Democracy: An Interface of Practices 1. Deliberative Democracy and Religion as Practices: Problems and Potentials 2. Case Study 1: Religious Spaces and Gender-Based Violence: A Deliberative Approach to Voicing our Pain 3. Case Study 2: "Gyae ma ne nka" (Let It Be): A Religious Notion of Peace or a Shutdown of Democratic Conversations? 4. Case Study 3: Church, Charity, and Philanthropy: Deciding Faith-Based Actions Democratically Now What? Recommendations and Implications for Policy Makers, Religious Leaders, Researchers, and Practitioners
About the author
Ruby Quantson Davis is a peace and development specialist, an Associate Member of Wesley House Cambridge, UK, faculty member of the Deliberative Democracy Institute and former Fellow and Resident Scholar of the Kettering Foundation in the United States.
Elizabeth Gish is currently Program Officer at the Kettering Foundation. Previously Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Western Kentucky University, USA.
Kudakwashe Chitsike is a lawyer and consultant on a sexual violence and global health investigation in Zimbabwe.
Summary
Pioneering the study of the complex relationship between religion and deliberative democracy, this concise and easily accessible volume uses global case studies to instruct on how religious and democratic institutions can symbiotically address community and national challenges.
