Alternative Approaches in Conflict Resolution

Martin Leiner is Chair of Systematic Theology and Ethics at Jena University, Germany, and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Theology of Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is the Founder and Director of the Jena Center for Christine Schliesser is Academic Associate at the Institute for Social Ethics at Zurich University, Switzerland, and Junior Research Fellow at the Center for Religion, Economics and Politics at Basel University, Switzerland.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Martin Leiner and Christine Schliesser.- Chapter 2: Introduction to Negotiation Martin Leiner.- Chapter 3 Justice in Negotiations and Conflict Resolution Rudolf Schuessler.- Chapter 4: Beyond Official Negotiations: The Experience of the Community of Sant’Egidio Cesare Zucconi.- Chapter 5: Understanding ‘Resistance’ to Transitional Justice Julie Bernath, Adou Djane Dit Fatogoma, and Briony Jones.- Chapter 6: Introduction to Gender and Religion David P. Gushee.- Chapter 7: Made for Goodness? Women, Ethnic Conflict, and Reconciliation Carolina Rehrmann.- Chapter 8: Religious Dimensions in Conflict Transformation: A Tentative Approach Towards a Reconciliation Methodology Richard Friedli.- Chapter 9: A Critical Realist Engagement with Glen Stassen’s ‘Just Peacemaking’ Approach David P. Gushee.- Chapter 10: Introduction to Reconciliation and Forgiveness Christine Schliesser.- Chapter 11: Forgiveness is ‘The Wrong Word’: Empathic Repair and the Potential for Human Connection in the Aftermath of Historical Trauma Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela.- Chapter 12: Alternative and Innovative Approaches to Reconciliation: A South African Perspective Christo Thesnaar.- Chapter 13: The Politics of Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda Christine Schliesser.- Chapter 14: Introduction to the Arts Mary Zournazi.- Chapter 15: Genocide, Memory, and the Arts: Memorial Projects in Rwanda of ‘Upright Men’ and ‘The Garden of Memory’ Bruce Clarke.- Chapter 16: A Notebook on Peace: Reflections on Cinema and Perception Mary Zournazi.- Chapter 17: Conclusion: From Conflict Resolution to Reconciliation Martin Leiner.