{"product_id":"9798216379706","title":"Interrogating Religion and Peacebuilding Global Perspectives on Power, Conflict, and Liberation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReligion in the Modern World\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eInterrogating Religion and Peacebuilding\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGlobal Perspectives on Power, Conflict, and Liberation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJude Lal Fernando | Santiago Slabodsky\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Religion, Politics \u0026amp; State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChallenges the dominant narratives that frame peace as a civilizational ideal.\u003c\/b\u003e At a time when millions demand an end to war, occupation, and systemic oppression, this volume gathers diverse voices in a transnational and decolonial conversation. The contributors interrogate how “peace” is too often deployed as a mirage-reproducing systems of exclusion and violence under the guise of stability, order, and reform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExposing the coloniality embedded within hegemonic peace discourses, contributors reveal how imperial power configurations transform freedom into occupation, democracy into exclusion, and security into violence. Through critically self-reflective engagement with both religious and secular worldviews, contributors propose that peace is not an abstract ideal, but a deeply political construct shaped by empire, enforced through intervention, and justified by a faith in modernity's civilizing mission. Rejecting both reformist inclusion and idealized neutrality, these essays embody a political commitment to the tormented, the resisting, and the marginalized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom “post-conflict” pacification to imperial “peace deals,” contributors unmask peacebuilding as often war by other means-while advancing liberative spiritualities that reimagine peace as justice from below. This book is not merely critique-it is a call to transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJude Lal Fernando\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the Irish School of Ecumenics, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies in Trinity College Dublin and the Director of the Irish School of Ecumenics. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReligion, Conflict and Peace in Sri Lanka: The Politics of Interpretation of Nationhoods,\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eResistance to Empire and Militarization: Reclaiming the Sacred \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFaith in the Face of Militarization: Indigenous, Feminist and Interreligious Voices\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSantiago Slabodsky\u003c\/b\u003e is an Argentinean sociologist who currently holds the Kaufman Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and served as the inaugural associate director of the Center for the Study of Race, Culture and Social Justice at Hofstra University in New York. He is currently co-director of the journal \u003ci\u003eDecolonial Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, based in South America and associate editor of the journal R\u003ci\u003eeOrient: Critical Muslim Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216379706\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669647097996,"sku":"9798216379706","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_15e5a45c-54f9-4e61-9404-9213edf5b36f.jpg?v=1785203236","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216379706","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}