Holy War, Holy Peace

How Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle East

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19928194
AutoresMarc Gopin (0000-0003-3636-5899, Tufts University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Páginas290
Fecha de publicación2002-04-25
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaHoly War, Holy Peace (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/0195146506.001.0001
OpenAlexW2491225893
Open LibraryOL7389750M
ISBN9780195146509
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas40
Referencias citadas17

In 1993, when Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin sealed the Oslo peace agreement, it was heralded as the beginning of a new era in the Middle East peace process. Instead, violence on both sides has continued to plague the region. The brutal facts on the ground have called into question the style of diplomacy that saw its greatest triumph with the Oslo Accords. This book asserts that the failure of the peace process stems in large part from its complete neglect of cultural and religious factors; attempted solutions have ignored the basic needs and values of average people. The author argues for a far greater integration of the religious communities of the region into peace‐building efforts. Drawing on his own personal experience with religion‐based peace initiatives in Israel and Palestine, he writes of the individuals and groups that are already attempting such reconciliations. He offers a detailed prescription for future negotiations using methods specifically designed to undermine the appeal of religious extremists by subtly incorporating religious values and symbols into the procedures of official and unofficial diplomacy, believing that a combination of secular and religious methods of peacemaking will yield a rich and creative model for conflict resolution. Any effort at peacemaking that fails to take into account the deep religious feelings of Muslims, Jews, and Christians is destined to fail. Only by including religion in the peace process can we move past fragile and superficial agreements and toward a deep and lasting solution. The book is arranged in two parts – Analysis, and Practical applications

Appeal · Diplomacy · Middle East · Negotiation · Peace treaty · Peacemaking · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · 1993 · Arab-Israeli conflict · Nonfiction · Peace · Religion & Spirituality · Religion and politics · Religious aspects · Religious aspects of Arab-Israeli conflict