Religion and Ethics in a Globalizing World

1. Introduction: Religion: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
Joseph A. Camilleri

Part I. Emerging Challenges for Religious Understanding

2. Re-Envisioning Conflict, Dialogue, and Transformation: The Imperative for a New Methodological Paradigm
Ruwan Palapathwala, Andrew Wicking

3. Surmounting the Wall: Religion and Conflict
Graham Maddox

4. Virtues in a Globalized Context
Neil Ormerod

5. The People of the Book: Reconciling Religious Fundamentals with Universal Human Rights
Michael Kirby

6. Holding Hands and Bearing Arms: A Continuing Challenge for Global Religious Communities
Merrill Kitchen

Part II. Implications for Multifaith Dialogue—Assessment and Critique

7. Relationship Building in the Middle East among Adversaries: Israelis and Palestinians
Dvir Abramovich

8. Bejeweled Dialogue: Illuminating Deadly Conflicts in the Twenty-First Century
Chaiwat Satha-Anand

9. Christian Ecumenism, Other Faiths, and the “Peace of the World”
Peter Carnley

Part III. Toward a Deeper Understanding of Islam

10. The Search for Communities of Peace: An International Reflection on Christian-Muslim Relations
James Haire

11. How Muslims View the Scriptures of the People of the Book: Toward a Reassessment?
Abdullah Saeed

12. Broken Covenants and Broken Relationships: Guidelines for Cooperation in a World in Transition
Ian R. Fry

13. Conclusion Interfaith Interaction: Contradictions and Conflicts
Chandra Muzaffar

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Social Aspects of Religion, Political Science, Religion and Society, Globalization