Suchergebnisse

Religious violence and the peace mandate of Jesus -- Christians orthodox and heterodox : 'Thomas Aquinas and the "Manichees" -- Christians among other God-fearers : Ramon Lull's dialogue of a Christian, Jew, and Muslim -- Christians and other religions : Nicholas of Cusa's vision of global religious peace -- Wars of Christians against Christians : Herbert of Cherbury's theological antidote to religious warfare -- Disestablishing religion and the waning of Christian violence : the political theology of Thomas Jefferson -- Epilogue: Reclaiming the peace mandate of Jesus for the twenty-first century

"Maluku in Eastern Indonesia is the home to Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics who had for the most part been living peaceably since the sixteenth century. In 1999, brutal conflicts broke out between local Christians and Muslims, and escalated into large-scale communal violence once the Laskar Jihad, a Java-based armed jihadist Islamic paramilitary group, sent several thousand fighters to Maluku. As a result of this escalated violence, the previously stable Maluku became the site of devastating interreligious wars. This book focuses on the interreligious violence and conciliation in this region. It examines factors underlying the interreligious violence as well as those shaping post-conflict peace and citizenship in Maluku"--

Escalating Heresy Campaign against Ahmadiyah and Shi'a Communities -- State Official's Entanglement with Vigilante Groups -- The Judiciary and the Law -- Local Bureaucrats -- The President -- Conclusion : State Capacity and Communal Violence against Minority Faiths.