World Religions and Peace

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the central, structural elements of six distinct religious traditions, as they bear on the issue of peace. It presents collaboration among six writers, each with expertise or steeped in a distinctive religious tradition with its own frames of reference. They, and their specialisms, are: Anna King (Hinduism), Susan Hayward (Buddhism), Jasjit Singh (Sikhism), George Wilkes (Judaism), Joshua Rey (Christianity), and Hussam Timani (Islam). Hinduism contains two streams of thought; one legitimates righteous war and another emphasises the values of nonviolence, renunciation, and asceticism. Islamic understanding of war and peace is shaped by history and individual personality and shapes history and people in its turn. Islamic sacred texts lay the foundation for people of different religious and ethnic backgrounds to build among themselves bridges based on mutual understanding and to grow in respect and appreciation for the views and beliefs of the other while learning how to coexist peacefully in a diverse world.

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