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The Philippines: Religious Conflict Resolution on Mindanao
(2013-08-01)
This case study explores the over 40-year conflict between Muslim separatists and the government of the Christian-majority Philippines on the country’s southern island of Mindanao, placing particular focus on the peacebuilding ...
Mozambique: Religious Peacebuilders Broker End to Civil War
(2013-08-01)
This case study investigates an intriguing instance of religion being used to settle a nonreligious conflict, in which the Catholic lay Community of Sant’Egidio brokered an end to the civil war in Mozambique (1975-1990). ...
Iraq: Buttressing Peace with the Iraqi Inter-Religious Congress
(2013-08-30)
This case study shines a light on the sectarian violence that overtook Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion that overthrew Saddam Hussein, and how religious leaders gradually gained recognition as resources for the promotion ...
Religious Freedom and the Common Good: A Symposium of the Religious Freedom Project
(2016-11-15)
To mark our six-year partnership with the John Templeton Foundation, the Religious Freedom Project hosted this capstone conference to explore the wide-ranging political, economic, and social dimensions of religious freedom ...
South Africa: Religion and Democratic Transition
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 2013-08-10)
This case study reviews the religious groups and individuals involved in the creation, perpetuation, resistance to, and eventual transition away from the apartheid government of South Africa, which featured the rule of the ...
Mexico: Persecution of Religious Minorities
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 2013-08-30)
Mexico and the resulting sectarian hostilities from the 1960s through the 1990s, with particular attention paid to the Chiapas locality of San Juan Chamula, where the worst violence and anti-Protestant oppression occurred. ...
Undergraduate Learning and Interreligious Understanding at Georgetown University
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 2016-05-18)
What knowledge do undergraduates have of diverse religious traditions? How open are they to engaging with the religious traditions of others? And how does the undergraduate experience—inside and outside the classroom—shape ...
Faith-Inspired Organizations and Global Development: A Background Review "Mapping" Social and Economic Development Work in South and Central Asia
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 2011-01-09)
This report focuses on the diverse array of development activities involving faith-inspired organizations. Its primary focus is by country, for South and Central Asia respectively; the two regions are very distinct but ...
Faith and Development in Focus: Bangladesh
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 2015-10-01)
In development circles, Bangladesh is renowned for its robust civil society including some of the world’s largest and best known NGOs. The considerable development work of religious actors, however, is much less well known, ...
Refugees in Kenya: Roles of Faith
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 2015-11-15)
The number of refugees globally has reached its highest level in 60 years. Finding ways to resolve protracted displacement is an urgent priority even as global humanitarian institutions struggle to cope with present ...