Drawing on human rights discourse and a study of the difficulties faced by religious minority
groups (using the Ahmadiyya minority group as a case study), this book presents three …

On a visit to Malawi as an early researcher, I witnessed three poignant scenes of religious
life. The first was the Catholic church in Balaka, a large and pristine structure with beautiful …

This chapter reviews and critiques the contribution of African scholars in African religious
studies and theology to religion and peacebuilding in Africa. Refusing to regard them as …

Some scholars present the challenge in understanding human rights. Human rights is not a
fixed concept, but a subject that has always been debated in different contexts and with …

The concept of peacebuilding evokes the image of international interventions in countries
emerging from civil wars. Despite the visibility of this engagement, post-civil war …

This study investigated the role of cultural identity in shaping the design of Kisumu City
cultural centres amidst the global trend of cultural homogenization of public spaces …

Abstract In this chapter, Steen-Johnsen outlines how academic debates on religious
peacebuilding have moved from focusing on opportunities toward being increasingly critical …