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This timely volume addresses the rising interest in the role of religion in global issues worldwide. The ambitious Agenda 2030 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) serve as the framework for this exploration, discussing questions such as: What role does religion play in poverty and poverty alleviation? How does religion inspire people in combatting gender inequality? What is religion’s role in fueling conflict and which resources can religion offer for peace and reconciliation? Based on the conviction that not one single faith tradition or discipline can adequately address the complexity of current global issues, this book brings in the perspectives of different faith traditions and different disciplines. Combining cutting-edge research with case studies and concrete implications for academics, policymakers, and practitioners, this concise and easily accessible volume helps to build bridges between these different actors and their engagement. It serves as the introductory volume to the series, Religion Matters: On the Significance of Religion in Global Issues. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

" In this ground-breaking volume, the authors analyze the role of religion in conflict and conflict resolution. They do so from the perspectives of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, while bringing different disciplines into play, including peace and conflict studies, religious studies, theology and ethics. With much of current academic, political and public attention focusing on the conflictive dimensions of religion, this book also explores the constructive resources of religion for conflict resolution and reconciliation. Analyzing the specific contributions of religious actors in this field, their potentials and possible problems connected with them, this book sheds light on the concrete contours of the oftentimes vague “religious factor” in processes of social change. Case studies in current and former settings of violent conflict such as Israel, post-genocide Rwanda and Pakistan provide “real life” contexts for discussion. Combining cutting-edge research with case studies and concrete implications for academics, policy makers and practitioners, this concise and easily accessible volume helps to build bridges between these oftentimes separated spheres of engagement."

Welche Rolle spielt die Theologie im gegenwärtigen öffentlichen Ethikdiskurs? Welche Rolle kann sie spielen? Welche Rolle sollte sie spielen – und welche nicht? Die vorliegende Studie geht diesen Fragen am Beispiel der nationalen Ethikgremien Deutschlands und der Schweiz nach. Auf der Grundlage qualitativer Interviews der dort vertretenen Theologen und ausgewählten NichttheologInnen gelingt es, aktuelle und authentische Einblicke in die Rolle(n) der theologischen Ethik in plural zusammengesetzten Gesellschaften zu gewinnen. Als theoretischer Referenzrahmen dienen dabei vier gegenwärtige paradigmatische Entwürfe, Theologie und Öffentlichkeit einander zuzuordnen. Im Ergebnis erweist sich eine christologisch konturierte Öffentliche Theologie als der überzeugendste und tragfähigste Ansatz.