He conflates rates of growth with actual numbers. It is true that the rate of population growth worldwide has declined since 1970. However, the base population has grown by more than three billion; thus we currently add 80 million or more people to the planet each year. That is hardly defusing population growth!
Still, religious peacebuilding is a developing concept. Most of the literature regarding religion and peacebuilding is in the form of case studies, that is stories of specific events, groups, and individuals.
Webster Dictionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: Peace. a state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose. Peace. exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies. Peace. public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law. Peace