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This book offers a variety of positions on how technology is influencing religious communal and cultural life. There is no doubt that our interaction with technology will shape the human community up ahead. These essays provide a basis for thoughtful choice and action.

FEATURING:Barbara Brown TaylorPhilip C. KolinAmy FrykholmJoyce PolancePLUS:The Enduring World of Dr. Schultz: James Baldwin, Django Unchained, and the Crisis of WhitenessPainloveSoulful Resistance: Theological Body Knowledge on Tennessee's Death RowThis Cursed WombThe Problem of Gay FriendshipAND MORE

Religion's long shadow : a brief overview of the conversation /Muriel Schmid --Interfaith dialogue and religious leaders in the Israeli-Palestinian context /Mohammed Abu-Nimer --The use of dialogue in transforming religious conflict /David Derezotes --The American way of religion and violence /John Carlson --Confronting historic injustice /Ched Myers and Elaine Enns --From Amnesty International to Right to Nonviolence : theory and practice in the Arab Spring context /Chibli Mallat --Partnering in nonviolent resistance : the evolution of Christian peacemaker teams /Kathleen Kern and Tim Nafziger --John Paul II and the "Just war" doctrine /James L. Heft --Peace, conflict, and conflict transformation in the Islamic Tradition /Abbas Aroua --In the beginning was conflict : creation /John Paul Lederach --Contact, connection, and community : religion and peacemaking /Laura M. Bennett-Murphy.

A Theology of Disagreement: New Testament Ethics for Ecclesial Conflicts examines how New Testament texts inform Christian approaches to disagreement. Drawing on New Testament themes, the book explores the nature of an ethic of disagreement, and its practical implications for the church's public theological witness, as well as its liturgy.

Justice and Rights is a record of the fifth "Building Bridges" seminar held in Washington, DC in 2006 (an annual symposium on Muslim-Christian relations cosponsored by Georgetown University and the Church of England). This volume examines justice and rights from Christian and Muslim perspectives—a topic of immense relevance for both faiths in the modern world, but also with deep roots in the core texts of both traditions. Leading scholars examine three topics: scriptural foundations, featuring analyses of Christian and Muslim sacred texts; evolving traditions, exploring historical issues in both faiths with an emphasis on religious and political authority; and the modern world, analyzing recent and contemporary contributions from Christianity and Islam in the area of freedom and human rights.

Bringing our best to a world engulfed in outrage -- What do we believe? -- What is our purpose? -- How do we see others? -- How do we respond to wrongs? -- How do we engage the world? -- How do we engage our community? -- Community map and list templates -- Facilitator's guide.

Since the foundation of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has sought to control every aspect of religion in Chinese society. Recently, the CCP has increasingly leveraged religious institutions to disseminate a positive narrative of its religious policies in an effort to preserve or enhance its relations with countries that identify with those religions. This has enabled Beijing to avoid criticism and even increase international support despite widely reported violations of religious freedom in China. This article expands the concept of religious diplomacy to explain the PRC's dynamic use of soft power, censorship and coercion in its international relations. Drawing on the examples of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, this paper explores the CCP's efforts to mobilize its religious institutions in order to (a) promote China's unique religious culture, (b) strengthen domestic control through foreign relations and (c) preserve foreign relations by controlling international perceptions.