Islam and peacemaking in the Middle East
By: Nathan C. Funk and Abdul Aziz Said.
Contributors: Said, Abdul Aziz.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781588265692
Subjects: Peace -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Islam -- Relations; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The context : transformations in Islamic-western relations; title: Introduction; title: The need for a new story; title: Religious resources for peacemaking : engaging Islam; title: Islamic peace paradigms; title: Peace through coercion : the problem of force in Islamic politics; title: Peace through equity : Islamic perspectives on a just and cooperative world order; title: Peace through conciliation : forms of Islamic conflict resolution; title: Peace through nonviolence : a paradigm of peaceful striving; title: Peace through universalism : Islamic spirituality and the culture of peace; title: Recommendations; title: Preparing for peace; title: An agenda for Islamic-western cooperation.