Overview
- Offers a new perspective on how religious leaders engaged to promote peace are limited by political provisions and control strategies
- Analyses limitations to the efforts of these agents
- Asks the crucial question: do religious leaders play the important role as peacemakers we often hope for?
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict (PSCAC)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In this book, Tale Steen-Johnsen explains how religious peacebuilders are limited by both formal and more subtle political strategies aimed at regulating civil society. Political authorities have a vested interest in keeping social and religious movements under control, which limits the opportunities religious leaders have to diminish violent conflicts between religious groups. This volume offers empirical examples of these connections in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zanzibar and Tanzania. It is valuable resource for both scholars and development practitioners interested in how politics and religion become conflated when religious actors engage to build peace.Â
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Tale Steen-Johnsen holds a Ph.D in Sociology. One of her main research interests is the relationship between religion, conflict and peace on the African continent. Steen-Johnsen has extensive experience from the practical realities of such endeavours as advisor for peace and reconciliation within the NGO sector. She has lived and worked in Africa and Asia for many years.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: State and Politics in Religious Peacebuilding
Authors: Tale Steen-Johnsen
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59390-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59389-4Published: 28 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95525-1Published: 28 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59390-0Published: 16 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-2797
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2800
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 219
Topics: Peace Studies