Peacebuilding: Catholic Theology, Ethics, and Praxis

Peacebuilding-Catholic Theology, Ethics and Praxis

By Scott Appleby, Robert Schreiter and Gerard Powers. Catholic theologians, ethicists, and scholar-practitioners examine the challenge of peacebuilding in theory and practice. While many of the essays deal with general themes of reconciliation, forgiveness, interreligious dialogue, and human rights, there are also case studies of peacebuilding in such diverse contexts as Colombia, the Philippines, the Great Lakes region of Africa, Indonesia, and South Africa. Read more.