The books mentioned in the project are as follows:
1. Miroslav Wolf – Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (1996)
2. Marc Gopin – Holy War, Holy Peace: How Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2002)
3. Scott Appleby – The Ambivalence of the sacred: Religion, violence and reconciliation
4. Qamar al-Huda – Crescent and Dove: Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam
FINAL PAPER
– 8 paragraph each questin
– dense content to the point, clear and concise
– must present argument clearly and support that argument very clearly from the readings
– no long quotes and dragging the word counts by repeating and repharsing same things (i will see through it and it will effect your grade)
– properly introduce the argument in the first paragraph
– properly conclude the argument in last paragraph
– writing should be coherent and smooth for readers
Answer 2 of the following questions:
1) In the Western world, “Track 1 Diplomacy” or the negotiations between high-level political officials and military units have dominated the field of conflict resolution. In recent years however, religious peacemakers have challenged Track 1 Diplomacy and have argued in favor of developing alternative and additional pathways to conflict resolution. Some religious peacemakers reject Track 1 Diplomacy altogether and others maintain that religious peacemakers need to work together with these official efforts in the work of conflict resolution.
In a clear and well-organized essay discuss how any three of the following thinkers would respond to this issue: Scott Appleby, Marc Gopin, Miroslav Volf, Qamar Ul-Huda.
2) According to William Cavanaugh, the ‘myth of religious violence’ has generated distorted views of religion that have resulted in problematic domestic and foreign policy analyses. Like Cavanaugh, advocates of religious peacemaking resist this quick and superficial generalization about religion and violence. Nonetheless, advocates for religious peacemaking are not naive about the realities of violence and understand that it is important to address conditions that lend themselves to violence and how to overcome them. In a clear and well-organized essay, discuss how 3 of the following theorists reflect upon the relationship between religion and violence: Cavanaugh, Appleby, Gopin, Volf and/or Qamar Ul-Huda.
3) It is often argued that among religion’s greatest contributions to peacemaking is its focus on forgiveness. In a clear and well-organized essay, describe how three of the following thinkers understand the role and function of forgiveness in peacemaking: Appleby, Gopin, Wolf, and any of the writers from Crescent and Dove.
