Pathways for Theology in Peacebuilding : Ecumenical Approaches to Just Peace /

Pathways for Theology in Peacebuilding : Ecumenical Approaches to Just Peace /

The ambivalent role of religions in contemporary conflicts has generated an increasing call for faith-based peacebuilding endeavours. In Pathways for Theology in Peacebuilding: Ecumenical Approaches to Just Peace, Sara Gehlin discusses the ways theology can provide essential resources for such peace...

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Main Author: Gehlin, Sara (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Studies in Theology and Religion ; 27.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004419094.

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Peace > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Peace-building > Religious aspects.

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 At the Intersection of Theology and Peacebuilding
  • 1 Theological Prospects for Just Peace
  • 1.1 For a Peaceful Mind among Believers
  • 1.2 Pathways for Peace-oriented Theology
  • 1.3 Resources of Peace in Religious Life
  • 2 Theological Construction with a Peacebuilding Purpose
  • 2.1 An Urgent Issue in a Wide Field of Study
  • 2.2 Exploring the Meaning of Life-giving Faith
  • 2.3 Theological Mapmaking
  • 2.4 Particular Grounds of Common Visions
  • 2.5 A Theological Map of Just Peace
  • 2 A Faith-Based Endeavour for Peace
  • 1 The Ecumenical Movement - A Movement for Peace
  • 1.1 Shaped by Periods of International Conflict
  • 1.2 Justitia et Pax
  • 1.3 Justice, Peace, and Creation
  • 2 The Peace Documents
  • 2.1 Outset in the Decade to Overcome Violence
  • 2.2 The Authors
  • 2.3 The Textual Process
  • 2.4 Groundwork for a Future Process
  • 3 A Possible Resource of Faith-based Peacebuilding
  • 3.1 Peacebuilding
  • 3.2 In the Arena of Faith-based Peacebuilding
  • 3.3 Moral Imagination
  • 3 Rethinking Theological Ethics on Peace and War
  • 1 What is the Meaning of Just Peace?
  • 1.1 Fused Perspectives
  • 1.2 An Umbrella-term
  • 1.3 Justice and Peace - Coupled Concepts
  • 1.4 Justice and Peace on a Collision Course
  • 2 A Responsibility to Protect
  • 2.1 Principles of a Just War
  • 2.2 Sanctioning and Correcting Political Authority
  • 2.3 Entering into the Field of International Law
  • 2.4 Parallel Perspectives on the Use of Force
  • 3 A Non-violent Way
  • 3.1 Discipleship in Obedience and Compassion
  • 3.2 An Active Nonviolent Approach
  • 4 Developing a New Position on Peace
  • 4.1 A Common Pathway between Differing Peace Traditions
  • 4.2 A Pastoral and Conditional Approach
  • 4.3 A Third Stance
  • 4.4 Building a Culture of Peace
  • 5 Constructing Just Peace Theologically - Perspectives of Theological Ethics
  • 4 Rendering Shalom in Contemporary Terms
  • 1 Understanding Just Peace - A Hermeneutic Undertaking
  • 2 A Landscape of Meanings
  • 3 A Peaceful Interpretation
  • 3.1 Encompassing the Wellness of Humanity and All Creation
  • 3.2 The Dimension of Righteousness
  • 3.3 Righteousness and Compassion
  • 3.4 A Comprehensive Vision of the Order of Shalom
  • 4 Shalom - A Key for Theological Construction
  • 4.1 A Hermeneutical Clue
  • 4.2 In View of God's Kingdom
  • 4.3 Guiding Perspectives in the Terrain of Interpretations
  • 4.4 A Theological Map under Construction
  • 4.5 A Holistic Outlook
  • 4.6 Peace as Process
  • 5 Constructing Just Peace Theologically - Perspectives of Biblical Interpretation
  • 5 A Spiritual Journey
  • 1 Engaging the Heart and Mind
  • 1.1 Transforming the Society, the Believer, and the Faith Community
  • 1.2 Conversion, Repentance, and Forgiveness
  • 2 Reflecting a Holistic Understanding of Spirituality
  • 3 Spiritual Formation
  • 3.1 Soul-craft
  • 3.2 Spiritual Practice
  • 3.3 Peace Education
  • 3.4 Peace Spirituality - Deepening the Understanding of Shalom
  • 3.5 A Transformative Way
  • 4 Receptive Ecumenical Learning
  • 4.1 A Way of Spirituality
  • 4.2 Searching for Christian Unity in a Conflict-ridden World
  • 4.3 Learning from the Other - A Complex Undertaking
  • 4.4 Fellow Travellers on the Peacemaking Journey
  • 5 Constructing Just Peace Theologically - Spiritual Perspectives
  • 6 Reconsidering the Ecumenical Vision
  • 1 Unity and Peace - Cohabiting Concepts
  • 1.1 A New Ecumenical Rallying Point
  • 1.2 Modelling Unity, Modelling Peace
  • 1.3 Catholicity - Envisioning Unity and Peace Together
  • 2 Envisioning the Oikoumene
  • 2.1 The Household of God
  • 2.2 Oikoumene of Solidarity and Domination
  • 2.3 Reflecting the New Ecumenical Paradigm
  • 2.4 Unity - An Instrument of Domination
  • 2.5 Unity - Conveying Ecumenical Peacebuilding
  • 3 A Trinitarian Perspective
  • 3.1 The God of Peace
  • 3.2 Fostering Peaceful Relations
  • 3.3 Heartening Christian Fellowship and Communion
  • 3.4 Motivating to Action
  • 3.5 A Request for an Authentic and Inclusive Vocabulary
  • 3.6 Space for the Radically Different
  • 4 Negotiating in the Global Oikoumene
  • 4.1 Resisting Homogeneous Unity
  • 4.2 A Vital Concern in Faith-based Peacebuilding
  • 5 Constructing Just Peace Theologically - Ecumenical Visionary Perspectives
  • 7 Discerning the Pathways for Theology in Peacebuilding
  • 1 Drawing the Theological Map of Just Peace
  • 2 Outlining Theological Resources for the Building of Peace
  • Appendices: Information on the Peace Documents
  • A Summaries of Drafts and Published Documents
  • 1 The First Draft
  • 2 The Second Draft
  • 3 An Ecumenical Call to Just Peace
  • 4 Just Peace Companion
  • B Members of the Drafting Groups
  • 1 The First Drafting Group
  • 2 The Second Drafting Group
  • C Affiliations of Draft Respondents
  • 1 Affiliations of First Draft Respondents
  • 2 Affiliations of Second Draft Respondents
  • D Archives of the Ecumenical Peace Declaration
  • E An Ecumenical Call to Just Peace
  • Bibliography
  • Index.