Book Reviews

Toward a Credible Pacifism: Violence and the Possibility of Politics

Dustin Ells Howes’ book is challenging, as indicated by its title, and important and groundbreaking, as indicated by its subtitle.

People Power

There is a certain redundancy in the claim that a book detailing the lives of various individuals and groups dedicated to peace, social justice, and nonviolent social change is tim

Book Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Epstein, American University

Identity and Violence

Why is a Nobel laureate in economics writing about the “conceptual disarray” in contemporary theories of identity?

Book Reviewed by: 
David M. Craig, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

The Aryan Jesus

Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler did not stand alone as the spokesman for the “dejudaization” of Germany.

Religion as a Conversation Starter: Interreligious Dialogue for Peacebuilding in the Balkans

Ina Merdjanova
Patrice Brodeur

These two books consider the contentious religious factor in the Balkans by seeking the ways in which the often-mentioned social divisiveness of religions can be countered by peace

Fractured Land, Healing Nations

A Contextual Analysis of the Role of Religious Faith Sodalities Towards Peace-Building in Bosnia-Herzegovina

The Bosnian War and the process of peacebuilding that followed remain the core issue of numerous academic studies about conflict resolution. Stephen R.

Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas

“Warmakers are often wrong. ... Peace advocates are sometimes right, especially when their ideas are not only morally sound but politically realistic” (4).

Understanding World Religions: A Road Map for Justice and Peace. David Whitten Smith and Elizabeth Geraldine Burr. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007.

Understanding World Religions: A Road Map for Justice and Peace explores major religious and other influential worldviews and how each conceptualizes and seeks peace in

Book Reviewed by: 
Andria Wisler and Bethany Haworth, Georgetown University

Justice: Rights and Wrongs . Nicholas Wolterstorff. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008.

Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Justice: Rights and Wrongs is an original and engaging study of justice. What is justice?

Book Reviewed by: 
Geth Allison, Vance-Granville Community College

A Violent God-Image: An Introduction to the Work of Eugen Drewermann. Matthias Beier. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006.

Unlike René Girard, the influential French thinker with whom he is often compared, renowned German theologian Eugen Drewermann remains relatively unknown in the English-sp

Book Reviewed by: 
Guy Lancaster, Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
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