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Religious Soft Diplomacy and the United Nations
Religious Engagement as Loyal Opposition
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2021
Summary
The engagement of religious diplomacy within the United Nations systems has become increasingly important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The editors argue that effective religious diplomacy must reflect the great diversity of religious and spiritual expressions within human communities. The editors argue that this can best be achieved through a worldview shift within the United Nations systems. Religious engagement in the United Nations systems has been understandably constrained by limited and formal organizational structures and conventions. However, the existing patterns of engagement mitigate against the very goals they seek to achieve. The editors argue that expanded, yet measured, religious inclusion will strengthen social cohesion in the global community. Contributors demonstrate how communities become stronger when marginalized minority voices are included in public discourse. The editors further argue that governance has a responsibility to ensure a safe environment for this interaction. The editors propose that the United Nations adopt the posture of "loyal opposition", that is inherent in parliamentary democracies, to serve as a guideline for expanded religious engagement. The contributors advance this proposal with illustrations from multiple contexts that address a diverse array of social problems from perspectives rooted in theory and practice.
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Copyright year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-9735-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-9736-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
362
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
List of Figures No access
Prologue No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter 1 Religion at the United Nations No access
Chapter 2 The Case for New Avenues of UN Engagement with Religion No access
Chapter 3 The Legacy of Westminster in Democracy and the Loyal Opposition No access
Chapter 4 Loyal Opposition beyond Westminster No access
Chapter 5 Freedom of Religion or Belief as Essential to a Humane World No access
Chapter 6 Cosmopiety and “Controversy for the Sake of Heaven” No access
Chapter 7 Loyal Opposition as a Gospel Imperative No access
Chapter 8 Insights into Loyalty from Living in Two Worlds No access
Chapter 9 Speaking Truth to Power No access
Chapter 10 Women’s Rights as Human Rights in Islam No access
Chapter 11 Definitions of Dissent No access
Chapter 12 Religious Engagement with the G20 No access
Chapter 13 Evangelicals Securing a Seat at the UN Table No access
Chapter 14 Swords, Ploughshares, and Reimagining UN Engagement No access
Chapter 15 Pacific Spirituality and Changing the Climate Change Story No access
Chapter 16 Rising in the Face of Erasure to Experience Joy No access
Chapter 17 Religious Leader Engagement with Peacebuilding and Development No access
Chapter 18 Interreligious Diplomacy and Loyal Opposition No access
Chapter 19 From Pandemic to Planetary Community No access
