The syllabus consists of:
a) Two books:
- Juergensmeyer: Terror in the mind of God
- Johnston (ed.): Faith-based diplomacy
b) A compendium with book chapters and articles (can be bought in the Akademika bookstore).
c) Online articles and reports.
(1) RELIGION, CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE
Juergensmeyer, M: Terror in the Mind of God. The Global Rise of Religious Violence , 2003. University of California Press, Berkley, Los Angeles, London. pp. 3-18, 121-250 (145 pp) ( Book).
Huntington, S.: "The Clash of Civilizations?" in Foreign affairs 72/3, 1993. pp. 22-49. Online article.
Russett, B. M., J. R. Oneal and M. Cox: "Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence." in Journal of Peace Research 37 (5), 2000. pp. 583-608. Online article.
Amartya Sen: "What clash of civilizations? Why religious identity isn’t destiny" in Slate Magazine, March 2006. (5pp). Online article.
(2) RELIGION, DIALOGUE AND PEACEBUILDING
Johnston, D. (ed): Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik. , 2003. Oxford University Press, Oxford. (250 pp) (Book).
Harpviken, K. B. and H. E. Røislien: Mapping the Terrain. The Role of Religion in Peacemaking., July 2005. State of the Art Paper for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (32 pp). Online article.
Appleby, R. S.: "Militants for Peace" in Lanham, Boulder: The Ambivalence of the Sacred. Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation, 2000. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, New York, Oxford. pp. 121-165 + notes 338-350 (45 pp, in compendium).
Botman, H. R.: "Truth and Reconciliation. The South Africa Case" in Coward, H and G. S. Smith (eds.): Religion and Peacebuilding, State University of New York Press, Albany. pp. 243-260 (18 pp, in compendium).
Baum, G. and H. Wells (eds.): The Reconciliation of Peoples. Challenge to the Churches, 1997. Orbis Books & WCC Publications, Maryknoll, N. Y. and Geneva. pp. 1-15, 184-192 (23 pp, in compendium).
UNAOC: Alliance of Civilizations: Report of the High-level Group, 13. November 2006, Part One. Online article.
Hans Küng: "Global Politics and Global Ethic: A New Paradigm of International Relations" in Sturla J. Stålsett (red.): Religion in a Globalised Age: Transfers and Transformations, Integration and Resistance, forthcoming 2007. (text archive, 14 pp).
Leirvik, O.: "Global ethics and moral disagreement after September 11, 2001. A Christian-Muslim perspective" in Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 1, 2002. pp. 18-28 (11 pp). Online article.
Additional resources (optional reading):
Smock, D. R. (ed): Interfaith dialogue and peacebuilding, 2002. United States Institute of Peace, Washington. (130 pp) (Book)
Tsjeard Bouta, S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana and Mohammed Abu-Nimer: Faith-Based Peace-Building: Mapping and Analysis of Christian, Muslim and Multi-Faith Actors. November 2005. Netherlands Institute of International Relations “Clingendael”in cooperation with Salaam Institute for Peace and Justice, Washington DC, (145) (online document)
(3) VULNERABILITY, SECURITY AND THE QUESTION OF JUST WAR
Stålsett, S. J. m. fl.: Vulnerability and Security. Current Challenges in Security Policy from an Ethical and Theological Perspective, 2002. Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations, Oslo. (32 pp). Online article.
Walzer, M.: Just and Unjust Wars, 1977. Basic Books, New York. pp. 74-108, 160-175, 197-206, 337, 340-342, 344, 346-347 (50 pp, in compendium).
Yoder, J. H.: When War is Unjust. Being Honest in Just-War Thinking, 1996. Orbis Book, Maryknoll, N.Y.. pp 1-7, 119-129, 142-161 (37 pp, in compendium).
Elshtain, J. B.: "Is There a Feminist Tradition on War and Peace?" and Tobias, S.: "Toward a Feminist Ethic of War and Peace" in Nardin, T. (ed): The Ethics of War and Peace. Religious and Secular Perspectives, 1996. Princeton University Press, Princeton. pp. 214-227 + pp. 228-241 (38 pp, in compendium).
(4) ADDITIONAL THEMATICAL OR CASE STUDIES (related to the term paper)
For your term paper, you are supposed to choose an additional reading of 200-250 pp. This can either be additional CASE studies, or in depth-studies of a relevant THEME. As for case studies, the book "Faith-based diplomacy" contain case studies to be read by all. Addtional case studies can be taken either from books or published reports (cf. religion-related reports by International Crisis Group; peace research reports such as Healing the Holy Land: Interreligious Peacebuilding in Israel/Palestina; or other reports according to the student’s choice). As for thematic studies, the following examples indicate possible options: (a) Interfaith dialogue and peacebuilding (cf. Smock's book), (b) Religion and violence (a number of relevant books could be cited here), (c) Islam, violence and peace (or Buddhism, violence, peace etc. - the point here is to give opportunity to depth study of the overall course theme in relation to one particular tradition).