Essays about: "religious peacebuilding"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words religious peacebuilding.
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1. Agonistic Peacebuilding Practices, in Practice? A Study of INGOs Programmatic and Advocacy Work With and For Yazidi Survivors in Northern Iraq
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : After the 2014 invasion of contested areas in Iraq by the so-called Islamic State (IS), the Yazidi community has suffered dire consequences. Genocide, sexual enslavement, forced religious conversion and forced displacement were some of these horrendous acts committed by IS against the Yazidi community and other minorities in Iraq and Syria. READ MORE
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2. Religious actors in conflict management : Where and how can they be most effective?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Criticism of the role of religious actors in conflict management rests primarily on the premise that evidence produced is largely anecdotal due to the lack of a theoretical underpinning that permits thorough analysis. As such, the added value of religious actors as practitioners is difficult to recognise officially and quantify. READ MORE
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3. Conducting interreligious peacebuilding in sectarian societies: Experiences from Lebanon
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Interreligious peacebuilding is one of the oldest methods used in peacebuilding around the world, as religion is often one key factor in war and used both to fuel conflicts or to promote peace and co-existence. However, the use of interreligious dialogue in post-conflict societies is still not fully understood and researcher has still not encapsulated its different components. READ MORE
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4. How to mediate in religious conflicts? : From Desacralisation of Conflicts to Sacralisation of Peace. Towards a complementary complex approach
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This research is 1) a critical conceptual analysis of the existing theoretical framework of desacralisation of conflicts developed by professor Isak Svensson in relation to mediation practice in religious conflicts with explicit religious claims; and 2) a critical argumentation for the development of an alternative and complementary initial attempt of mediation methodology suggested by myself: sacralisation of peace. This methodology is based on aspects of the worldview conflicts theoretical framework of professor Jayne Seminare Docherty, the ritual theory for peacebuilding as proposed by professor Lisa Schirch, and a plural conceptual notion of peace. READ MORE
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5. National Inter-religious Councils and Electoral Violence Restraint in Africa
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : A handful of studies have shown that National Inter-religious Councils (NIRCs) contribute to electoral violence prevention. However, no quantitative study has evaluated the impact of their interventions and the conditions under which they lower electoral violence. READ MORE
