Conversations Among the Abrahamic Faiths Related to Conflict and Nonviolence

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.

• Religious Perspectives on War: Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Attitudes Toward Force
• Perspectives on Pacifism: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Views on Nonviolence and International Conflict.

Both books yield rare insight into the complexities of modern religious thought on justice and peace, and reveal a surprising degree of common ground in the basic ethical teachings of the Abrahamic religious traditions toward war.

A recent Special Report presents a more recent scholarly exchange about what these religious traditions can contribute to just peacemaking paradigms:

• Abrahamic Alternatives to War