If you are worried about the future of the earth and her inhabitants, then this book is for you. Authors from East and West document collaborative efforts that identify diverse faith-based ethical responses to global challenges. The history of this cosmopolitan fragile partnership with governments illuminates a positive pathway that affirms human rights and promotes sustainable solutions. We employ a new interfaith model built on the political philosophy of loyal opposition to demonstrate an openness to dissent and diversity as a way of cultivating trust. Contentious issues are addressed from climate change and geopolitics to human rights and religious freedom.
Sherrie M. Steiner, Ph.D. (1998), Washington State University, is Associate Professor of Sociology at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Her publications on environment and religion include Moral Pressure for Responsible Globalization: Religious Diplomacy in the Age of the Anthropocene (2018, Brill).
James Taylor Christie, D. Min. (2001), University of Toronto, is Professor Emeritus at The University of Winnipeg. His work focuses on Christian Ecumenism, Inter-religious diplomacy, and global governance. He is co-editor with Dr. Steiner of Religious Engagement as Loyal Opposition.
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
1 The G20 Interfaith Forum during Unsettling Times
âSherrie M. Steiner and James Taylor Christie
PART 1: Chronicling
2 Five Fora Further on (2018â2023)
âSherrie M. Steiner, James Taylor Christie, Brian J. Adams, and Juan Navarro-Floria
3 Expanding Communications Strategies
âMarianna Richardson, Sherrie M. Steiner, JoAnne Wadsworth, Brayden G. Walters, Parker Gardner, and Stuart Bird
4 Governing a World in Crisis: Evolving Challenges
âKatherine Marshall
5 The IF20 Anti-Racism Initiative Response to Racism
âAudrey E. Kitagawa
PART 2: Commentary
6 Religious Actors and Policy Makers: Challenging Dynamics
âMohammed Abu-Nimer, Faisal bin Abdul Rahman bin Muammar, and Mohamed Othman
7 A Japanese Perspective on Evolution of the IF20 Process
âYoshinobu Miyake and Sherrie M. Steiner
8 Navigating Alignments and the Geopolitics of Geopiety
âChristina Tobias-Nahi
9 Religious and Secular Multilateralism
âAzza Karam
10 Apply Pressure Now: Interfaith Engagement on Climate
âFletcher Harper and Sherrie M. Steiner
11 National Actions in the International IF20 Network of Networks
âJames Taylor Christie
PART 3: Continuance
12 Passing the IF20 Torch to Youth
âAlek BaroviÄ and Sherrie M. Steiner
13 Funding the Network of Networks Model
âSandra M. Coyle and Sherrie M. Steiner
14 Cosmopiety and Conflict: Religions and Peace
âPaul Morris
15 The G20 Interfaith Forum: the Presidentâs Perspective
âW. Cole Durham, Jr.
16 The Long Arc
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Appendix 1. Select High-Level Leader Official Statements
Appendix 2. IF20 Policy Briefs
Index
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