Religion and Culture in Asia Pacific:
Violence or Healing?
Edited by
Joseph A. Camilleri
La Trobe University, Melbourne
with the assistance of
Larry Marshall
Vista
Publications
Melbourne
© Pax
Christi Australia, 2001
This book is
copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study,
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subsequent amendments, no part may be reproduced by any process without written
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Carlton South, Victoria 3053, Australia.
National
Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry:
1. Religion
and culture - Asia. 2. Religion and culture - Pacific Area.
3. Asia -
Religion. 4. Pacific Area - Religion. 5. Asia - Social conditions.
6. Pacific
Area - Social conditions. I. Camilleri, Joseph A., 1944-. II.
Marshall,
Larry, 1953-.
291.178
ISBN: 1
876370 025
Front cover
design Mario Cicivelli
Layout and
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Printing
Arena Printing and Publishing
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Contents
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Notes on contributors |
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Acknowledgements
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Preface
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Perspectives on Religion and Culture
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The Key to Reconciliation: sharing the memory of the
past |
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Peter Carnley |
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Building Effective Ethical-moral Co-operation in a Pluralist Universe |
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Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
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Are Religions for or Against Human Security? From closed to open religiosity |
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Kinhide Mushakoji |
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Religion in Asia Pacific Region: the challenge without; the change within |
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Chandra Muzaffar |
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Healing Divided Societies
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Horizontal Conflict and the Ordinary People of Post-Soeharto Indonesia |
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Wimar Witoelar |
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Healing Divided Societies: the Sri Lankan experience |
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A. T. Ariyaratne |
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Healing Divisions after Conflict in Bougainville |
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Lorraine Garasu |
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Religion and Culture in Fiji: violence or healing? |
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Ganesh Chand |
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The Role of Islam
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Islam and the West: conflict or co-operation? |
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Amin Saikal |
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Islam and Christianity in Indonesia: the roots of conflict and hostility |
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Azyumardi Azra |
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Islam and the West: the Australian experience |
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Jamila Hussain |
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Reclaiming Spirituality
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The Prophets and the
Murderers: re-enchanting peace with prophetic paradigms |
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Chaiwat
Satha-Anand |
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Inter-faith Dialogue: moving forward; setting premises and paradigms |
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Kamar Oniah Kamaruzaman |
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Resisting State Authority by Mobilizing Spiritual Resources |
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Gan Teik Chee |
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Human Rights
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Striving for a Truly Spiritual Culture |
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Swami Agnivesh |
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Tibetan Tools for Nonviolent Conflict Resolution |
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Gabriel Lafitte |
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Burma, a Country in
Conflict: ethnic and religious conflict as a consequence of political conflict |
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Myint Cho |
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Peacekeeping in Cambodia: from Cold War conflict towards democracy |
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Sue Downie |
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Practical Initiatives
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Indigenous Concept of Peace and Human Security |
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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini |
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The Nuclear Challenge in Asia Pacific: the way forward |
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Ronald McCoy |
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Inter-Civilization Dialogue and Conflict Resolution |
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K. Haridas |
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Concluding Reflections |
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Joseph A. Camilleri |
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Appendices
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Appendix 1: Report on Workshop discussions |
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Appendix 2: A Note on Fax Christi Australia, JUST, and the
Uniting Church of Australia |
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