Between terror and tolerance : religious leaders, conflict, and peacemaking / Timothy D. Sisk, editor. - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2011. - viii, 270 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: religious leaders, conflict, and peacemaking / Timothy D. Sisk -- Religion, nationalism, and intolerance / David Little -- Religious leaders, sectarianism, and the Sunni-Shi'a divide in Islam / Nader Hashemi -- Between intolerance and coexistence: the Vatican, Maronites, and the war in Lebanon / George Emile Irani -- Globalization, religion, and nationalism in Israel and Palestine / Micheline Ishay -- Egypt and the legacy of sectarianism / Scott W. Hibbard -- Religion, war, and peacekeeping in Sudan: Shari'a, identity politics, and human rights / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban -- Nigeria's religious leaders in an age of radicalism and neoliberalism / Rosalind I. J. Hackett -- Just enough to hate - not enough to love: religious leaders in Northern Ireland / Mari Fitzduff -- Religion, war, and peace in Tajikistan / Karina Korostelina -- The spoiler and the reconciler: Buddhism and the peace process in Sri Lanka / Susan Hayward -- Piety and politics: religious leadership and the conflict in Kashmir / Sumit Ganguly and Praveen Swami -- Conclusion: From terror to tolerance to coexistence in deeply divided societies / Timothy D. Sisk.

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Political violence--Religious aspects--Case studies.
Violence--Religious aspects--Case studies.
Terrorism--Religious aspects--Case studies.
Toleration--Religious aspects--Case studies.
Terror--Religious aspects--Case studies.
Religion and politics--Case studies.

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