Religions as Agents of Reconciliation

This is Ethiopian Review Policy Research Center’s series on From Dictatorship to Democracy extracted/quoted from books and articles published by Albert Einstein Institution and similar sources.

In the last decade there has been heightened awareness of the relationship between violence, religions and reconciliation and much attention has been paid to the role of religions for the contribution of reconciliation processes

In the popular imagination, this idea is linked with prominent figures such as Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama and John Paul II. Anthropologists have stressed the importance of religious actors in mediating grassroots conflict, contributing to healing after conflict and to the integration of society.

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Religions as Agents of Reconciliation