The Virture of Dialogue in the Process of Peacemaking / Kamal F.

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Chapter 1 Church`s approach towards violence and war Present suituation od violence in india .....5 Religious violence and gender violence ....6 Violence against poor dalits and tribals .....8 Violence against nature or war on nature .......11 The concept of violence ....12 Kinds of violence .....13 Victims of violence .....14 The spiral of violence ......15 The root causes of violence ....16 The reality of violence in christianity .....26 Conclusion .....43 Chapter II Virtue of peace and peacemaking 2 Virtue of peace and peacemaking .....44 Meaning and definition of virtue ....44 Relevance of virtues ....45 Necessity of virtues .....46 The concept of peace ....48 Theology of peace .....49 The church and peace .........54 The meaning of peacemaking ....74 Peacemaking as a virtue .....76 Principle of peacemaking .....76 Personal and social aspect of virtue of peacemaking ......77 Who are peacemakers ......78 Peacemaking as mandatory ....78 Peacemaking practices .....80 Peacemaking as reconciliation .....82 Peacemaking by forgetfulness or forgiveness .......84 Conclusion .....85 Chapter III The virtue of dialogue in peacemaking process The meaning of dialogue and peacemaking .....87 Relevance of dialogue .......89 Reasons for dialogue ....90 Spirituality of dialogue .......100 Models of dialogue ....102 Dialogue as virtue ......103 Different levels of dialogue peacemaking ....104 Ethics of dialogue .....126 Obstacles to dialogue ....128 Fruits of dialogue ....128 Conclusion ......128