Resources & Tools
part of the Centers of Innovation
Supporting Religious Communities in the Work of Peacemaking
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As Bosnia and Herzegovina’s longtime tradition of religious coexistence is disappearing, USIP examines how education for new generations can improve multiethnic understanding in the postwar country. Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Education, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Religion
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This publication documents faith-based efforts by Muslim, Jewish, and Christians to achieve a just peace in the Arab/Israeli conflict. The publication argues forcefully that religious leaders and interests must be engaged in the peace process in order to assure a sustainable, inclusive, and comprehensive settlement. The report includes the perspectives of clergy, lay, facilitators of inter-faith dialogue, religious educators, and participants in the historic Alexandria Summit in January 2002, which convened high-level clergy to voice a religious commitment to and strategy for achieving peace in the region. Countries: Israel, Israel/Palestine -- Do not use, Palestinian Territories
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Mediation and Facilitation, Peacebuilding, Religion
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Traditionally, military chaplains duties have been restricted to addressing the pastoral needs of soldiers. Increasingly, the duties of chaplains have begun to extend beyond this duty. These two Peaceworks reports explore how military chaplains have begun to engage with NGOs, International Organizations, local religious clergy, and other local and foreign actors on the ground in conflict zones. |
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This book explores the role of interfaith dialogue in the polarized climate of the Middle East by focusing on four different settings: Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan. The analysis demonstrates the value of interfaith dialogue and the extent to which religious communities are successfully connecting with each other. Countries: Egypt, Israel, Israel/Palestine -- Do not use, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories
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This important report describes the diverse ways Muslims in the United States understand their roles as Americans in combating terrorism, as well as their unique contributions toward conflict prevention and peacemaking. |
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Faith-based institutions have long been active in peacebuilding and development in conflict settings. These two Special Reports analyze the specific successes, impact, methodology, and leverage that faith-based organizations can have in building peace, all shaped in part by the religiously-motivated character of their work |
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This documentary, produced by IFT Films, with USIP support, follows the story of Pastor James Wuye and Imam Mohammad Ashafa of Nigeria. Pastor James and Imam Ashafa are former members of competing militias in Nigeria who experienced personal transformations through their friendship and now work cooperatively to head the Inter-Faith Mediation Centre, supported by USIP. This documentary captures Pastor James and Imam Ashafa at work building relationships between Muslim and Christian clergy and leading training in conflict prevention, mediation, and reconciliation. To order the film, visit the IFT Film website: http://www.fltfilms.org.uk Countries: Nigeria
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Conflict Management and Resolution, Mediation and Facilitation, Peacebuilding, Religion
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Religious conflict is often exacerbated by the prevalence of negative stereotypes and lack of understanding about the religious "other." This Special Report explores effective ways to teach about other religious traditions in a manner that promotes plurality, respect, and deep understanding of the beliefs, practices, rituals, and values of traditions that are not one's own. |
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These four Special Reports focus on Islamic teachings and institutional foundations for building peace and democracy. The reports reveal the vibrant debates taking place within Muslim communities worldwide that draw upon classic Islamic principles to address current political/social situations. The analysis also draws attention to resources within Islam that correlate to international standards and practices of justice, peace, and democracy. |
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USIP periodically brings together Christian, Jewish, and Muslim theologians and activists to explore theological perspectives on global conflict (including discussion of the just war doctrine), and to debate the role of nonviolence in peacemaking and conflict resolution. Two important books have resulted. |