Marc Gopin
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Marc Gopin is director of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, and James H. Laue Professor at George Mason University.[1] He studies the role that religion and culture play in conflicts and conflict resolution. In 2008 he received the Andrew Thomas Peacebuilder Award from the New York State Dispute Resolution Association (NYSDRA). He is currently the James H. Laue Professor of Religion, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University's School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.[2]
Gopin's particular emphasis is on the role of religion and culture in not only sparking conflict, but as critical to reaching lasting resolution between peoples and nations. Widely recognized for his lectures and trainings on peacemaking strategies, Gopin has worked in Ireland, Israel, India, Switzerland, and Italy, and has presented at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton Universities. He has also engaged in back channel diplomacy with religious, political, and military figures on both sides of entrenched conflicts, especially in the Arab/Israeli conflict.[3]
Education
In 1983, Gopin was ordained as a rabbi at Yeshiva University, where he was a student of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. Though ordained as an Orthodox rabbi, he eventually stopped identifying with any Jewish denomination.[4]
Gopin received a Ph.D. in religious ethics from Brandeis University in 1993.
Published Works and Reviews
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- Changing Course: A New Direction for US Relations with the Muslim World, co-author and member of Leadership Group (US Muslim Engagement Project, Washington DC, Cambridge, MA, September 2008)[1]
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- "Judaism and Peacebuilding in Religion and Peacebuilding, Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004
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References
- ↑ http://crdc.gmu.edu/staff/marc-gopins-bio/
- ↑ http://scar.gmu.edu
- ↑ http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/bios/marc-gopin.asp.
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