1. Introduction: Religion, FBOs, and Peacebuilding - What Are We Missing? / 2. Religion as Ontological Discourse: Critical Reflexivity in FBO Scholarship / 3. International Justice Mission – A “Christian” Human Rights Organization? / 4. The Taizé Community – Reimagining the Role of Prayer in Peace and Reconciliation / 5. Religions for Peace – A “Multi-Religious” Approach to Peacebuilding / 6. Conclusion
Tanya B. Schwarz is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Hollins University. In 2016-2017, she was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where she completed the book. Her research focuses on the role of religion in international politics and she was the winner of the 2017 Peace Dissertation Prize from the United States Institute of Peace. Tanya has published in International Studies Quarterly and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.
Schwarz's reflexive analysis of the motivations and practices of
faith based organizations sets a new standard for interpretivist
research on religion and politics. This book seeks to uncover how
these organizations understand their own values and identities and
how these, in turn, shape their strategies. Schwarz teaches us not
only about religious identity, prayer, and transnational
peacebuilding, but about what nuanced international relations
research on religion should look like.
*Ron E. Hassner, author of Religion on the Battlefield*
The issue of the impact of transnational faith-based organisations
is both topical and controversial. Tanya B. Schwarz examines
transnational faith-based organisations in a particularly
controversial and topical context: do such entities 'do good' or
are they more likely to 'do harm'? Her perceptive, timely and
well-researched book examines an interesting phenomenon:
transnational faith-based peacebuilding entities. It will be read
with profit by anyone who wishes to understand more about this
interesting and under-researched phenomenon.
*Jeffrey Haynes, Professor of Politics, London Metropolitan
University*
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