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| author |
Tiernan Sykes Close
| | title |
Pursuing Peace: Examining Alternative Dispute Resolution Practices Throughout The World's Religious Traditions
| | abstract |
Though mediation and conflict resolution are relatively new fields in academia,
resolving conflicts is far from anything new. The World's Religious traditions have
constructively negotiated through ancient zones of conflict in their religious communities
for thousands of years. This dissertation illustrates that reconciliation practices were
indeed highly valued in the Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Buddhist traditions. Faith
based dispute resolution practices not only helped to personally and spiritually transform
individuals but they also restored damaged relationships and opened up avenues for
future peace between those in conflict. Within all of the faiths, there have been agents of
peace who serve as viable models for contemporary mediators and agents of conflict
resolution. From the practices of Aaron to Buddha, their methods for peacebuilding are
remarkably spiritually unique and communally diverse. Universally, one will see that all
of the faiths work harmoniously to build a foundation of peace. This dissertation, above
all, provides a deeper look into the way that religion has influenced peacemakers and
faith-based groups to more diversely develop and carry out their conflict resolution and
ADR practices from traditional to contemporary times. Not only is this study meant to
further enrich the inter-religious discourse around mediation and ADR, but it also places
religiosities in conversation with one another to "develop" a more robust landscape of
spiritual resources from which contemporary mediators can draw.
| | school |
The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University
| | degree |
D.Litt. (2020)
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| advisor |
Dr. Jonathan Golden
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| committee |
David Thaler
Dr. Maximillian Orsini
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| full text | TSClose.pdf |
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