Faith-based diplomacy and interfaith dialogue
By: by Scott Blakemore
Series: Brill Research Perspectives; Diplomacy and foreign policy; Diplomacy and foreign policy; Brill research perspectives
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9789004408920
Subjects: Religion and international relations; Religions; Relations
Description: Scholars are seeking to identify how to constructively integrate faith into diplomacy. Proponents of faith-based diplomacy recognise that incorporating faith into peacemaking activities assists in managing identity-based conflict and religiously motivated violence in the contemporary international system. A promising strategy within the scope of faith-based diplomacy is interfaith dialogue. The study and practice of interfaith dialogue has been reinvigorated since the advent of 9/11, and yet the link between interfaith dialogue and diplomacy remains underdeveloped. The cases of Indonesia and the United States present lessons on how states can effectively use interfaith dialogue to achieve policy objectives, while recognising that some policies are detrimental to achieving diplomatic goals. This paper seeks to provide some framework for bringing interfaith dialogue into the scope of diplomacy by illuminating how faith-based diplomacy and interfaith dialogue can be innovative diplomatic perspectives useful in addressing contemporary global issues.
Notes: "This paperback book edition is simultaneously published as issue 3.2 (2018), in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy" -- Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.