{"product_id":"9781119424345","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to Religion\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJolyon Mitchell | Suzanna R. Millar | Francesca Po | Martyn Percy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Christianity \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIncisive contributions from leading and emerging scholars in the field of Peace Studies\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn the \u003ci\u003eWiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace,\u003c\/i\u003e a team of renowned scholars delivers an authoritative and interdisciplinary sourcebook that addresses the key concepts, history, theories, models, resources, and practices in the complex and ambivalent relationship between religion and peace. The editors have included contributions from a wide range of perspectives and locations that reflect diverse methods and approaches.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e provides a collection grounded in experience and context that draws on established, developing, and new research characterized by academic rigor. The differences between the approaches taken by several religious traditions are fully explored and numerous case studies highlight relevant theories, models, and resources.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccessible as either a standalone collection or as a partner to the \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Religion and Violence,\u003c\/i\u003e this edited volume also offers: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to religion and its search for peace, including the relationships between religion and peace and theories and practices for studying the interplay between religion and peace\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive explorations of religion and peace in local contexts, including discussions of women's empowerment and peacebuilding in an Islamic context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractical discussions of practices and embodiments of religion and peace, including treatments of museums for peace and self-religion in global peace movements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn-depth examinations of lived Christian theologies and building peace, including discussions of Martin Luther King Jr. and spiritual activism in Scotland\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for students and scholars of peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peace building, the \u003ci\u003eWiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone professionally or personally interested in the field of Peace or Religious Studies, International Relations, History, Politics, or Theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJolyon Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor specializing in Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding and Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI) at the University of Edinburgh, UK. A former President of TRS UK, he has also worked with Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious leaders on peacebuilding projects in Jerusalem. His recent books include Religion and War (2021) and \u003ci\u003ePeacebuilding and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzanna R. Millar\u003c\/b\u003e is Chancellor’s Fellow in Hebrew Bible\/Old Testament at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Assistant Director of Edinburgh’s Centre for Theology and Public Issues. Her research interests include wisdom literature in the Hebrew Bible, ecological hermeneutics and non-human animals. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGenre and Openness in Proverbs 10:1-22:16\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Po\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar of religion specializing in contemporary religion and nonreligion. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors at the Metta Center for Nonviolence in Petaluma, CA, USA, and an educator of religious studies in California, USA. She previously served in the US Peace Corps as well as a high school campus minister, and is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Study of Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartyn Percy\u003c\/b\u003e is the 45th Dean of Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK, where he also teaches in the Faculty of Theology and Religion and tutors at the Saïd Business School. Between 2004 and 2014 he was Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon in Oxford, one of the largest Anglican ordination training centers in the world. 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