Sustainable Diplomacy Ecology, Religion and Ethics in Muslim-Christian Relations

by Wellman, David Joseph

• ISBN13: 9781403964427
• ISBN10: 1403964424
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-07
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Drawing on the disciplines of Islamic and Christian Ethics, International Affairs, Environmental Science, History and Anthropology, Sustainable Diplomacy: Ecology, Religion and Ethics in Muslim-Christian Relations is a highly constructive work. Set in the context of modern Moroccan-Spanish relations, this text is a direct critique of realism as it is practiced in modern diplomacy. Proposing a new eco-centric approach to relations between nation-states and bioregions, Wellman presents the case for Ecological Realism, an undergirding philosophy for conducting a diplomacy that values the role of popular religions, ecological histories, and the consumption and waste patterns of national populations. Sustainable Diplomacy is thus a means of building relations not only between elites but also between people on the ground, as they together face the real possibility of global ecological destruction.

Author Biography

David Joseph Wellman holds a B. A. in International Affairs from Lewis and Clark College, an M. A. in Religion from Columbia University, and an M. Div. and a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics from Union Theological Seminary in New York. He is the author of Sustainable Communities (New York: World Council of Churches, 2001). Wellman is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Drake University. His work experiences have taken him from the World Council of Churches' United Nations Office to English classrooms in southern Spain. Wellman is a long-time club musician, whose last band, the Seville-based "¿QuT te pongo?," included musicians from Spain, Morocco, the Netherlands, Scotland and the United States.

Table of Contents

Introduction: An Overview * Interpreting Human Communities in Conflict * The Foundations of the Eco-Historical Landscape of Moroccan-Spanish Relations * The Conflict Over Land: The First Human, Land Use, and the Two Cities * The Conflict Over Natural Resources: The Tree of Life and The Tree of Being, The Consumption of Natural Resources and The Fish Wars * The Conflict Over People: The Story of Abraham Ibrahim and the Strangers, The Consumption of Illegal Human Labor and the Conflict Over-Immigration * The Future of Sustainable Diplomacy * Appendix I: The Ecological Location Interview Questions

Introduction: An Overview * Interpreting Human Communities in Conflict * The Foundations of the Eco-Historical Landscape of Moroccan-Spanish Relations * The Conflict Over Land: The First Human, Land Use, and the Two Cities * The Conflict Over Natural Resources: The Tree of Life and The Tree of Being, The Consumption of Natural Resources and The Fish Wars * The Conflict Over People: The Story of Abraham Ibrahim and the Strangers, The Consumption of Illegal Human Labor and the Conflict OverImmigration * The Future of Sustainable Diplomacy * Appendix I: The Ecological Location Interview Questions