Making Friends Across the Boundaries of Religious Differences

About the Book

Making Friends Across the Boundaries of Religious Differences: Religions Building Peace for a New World Order discuses the meaning, reality, and dynamism of religion; explores different faiths, religious traditions currently influencing humanity today; and argues that interreligious dialogue is the way to go for the people of different religions to work together to enhance a culture of justice, human rights, democratic governance, nonviolence, and peace in the world today. While religion has been used to cause conflict, violence, and war, the book explains how in this time of globalization, faith and religion can be enhanced as resources for a new world order of justice and peace. The book further highlights interreligious dialogue as a methodology and way of life which brings about unity in diversity, advocacy for a world without terrorism, theological perspectives, women in interreligious dialogue, and how in Africa interreligious action is the soul of social-economic transformation, African Renaissance and Cosmopolitanism.

About the Author

Deusdedit R. K. Nkurunziza is associate professor of theology and peace studies for the Department of Religion and Peace Studies, Makerere University. He was born on the fourth of November 1953, in Bufumbira, Kisoro District. He was ordained a diocesan Catholic priest in Kabale Diocese, Uganda. He holds BA in theology from Gregorian University, Rome; a masters in theology from Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA); a doctorate in theology from Tübingen University, Germany; post graduate diploma in project planning and management from Uganda Management Institute (UMI); and masters in peace and reconciliation studies from Coventry University, United Kingdom. He is lead facilitator for the training program of interreligious dialogue and peace building of the Interreligious Council of Uganda and leading the process of Agriculture for Life and Peace—ALiPe—an innovation to enhance food security and overcome hunger and poverty through sustainable agri-business development.