Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations
Robert Seiple, Dennis Hoover, editors
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004
In global security today, religion is not only part of the problem but also part of the solution. This book explores the positive nexus between religion and security, paying particular attention to the resources within the Abrahamic faith traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam that foster sustainable peace. Religion and Security is a lively and insightful collection of analyses by distinguished scholars and practitioners in security, diplomacy, conflict resolution, human rights and theology. Divided into four parts, this book addresses themes of war and terrorism, pluralism and stability, military intervention and conflict resolution, and religious freedom and civil society. It underscores a crucial irony: nations that violate religious human rights in the name of "security" will ultimately be vulnerable to a number of significant threats to stability.
This volume is a timely guide to the intersection of religion and security for human rights organizations, security experts, scholars of religion and politics, government and non-government staffers and decision-makers, and students in the disciplines of international affairs. Contributors include Osman Bin Bakar, Manfred T. Brauch, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Marc Gopin, Christopher A. Hall, Kevin J. Hasson, Philip Jenkins, Douglas Johnston, Pauletta Otis, Harold H. Saunders, Chris Seiple, and Joshua White.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Douglas Johnston
Introduction: Religion Gets Real
Dennis R. Hoover
Section I: Religion and (In)Security: The 21st Century Challenge
Religion and War in the 21st Century
Pauletta Otis
The Politics of Persecuted Religious Minorities
Philip Jenkins
Uzbekistan and the Central Asian Crucible of Religion and Security
Chris Seiple and Joshua White
Section II: Perspectives on Pluralism: Making a World Safe for Diversity
Choosing Exclusion or Embrace: An Abrahamic Theological Perspective
Manfred T. Brauch
Truth, Pluralism, and Religious Diplomacy: A Christian Dialogical Perspective
Christopher A. Hall
Pluralism and the "People of the Book": An Islamic Faith Perspective
Osman bin Bakar
Section III: Into the Breach: Restoring Sustainable Security
Military Intervention and Justice as Equal Regard
Jean Bethke Elshtain
When the Fighting Stops: Healing Hearts with Spiritual Peacemaking
Marc Gopin
Section IV: Religious Freedom and Security: The Civil Society Nexus
Neither Sacred Nor Secular: A Public Anthropology of Human Dignity, Religious Freedom, and Security
Kevin J. Hasson
Relational Realism: Toward a New Political Paradign for Security
Harold H. Saunders
Conclusion: A Lively Experiment, A Most Flourishing Civil State
Robert A. Seiple