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.
Peace is more than the absence of armed conflict between and within States. The UNESCO 1989 International Congress on Peace in the Minds of Men, held in Yamoussoukro, was clear â promoting a culture of peace calls for building mutual understanding between communities, social groups and individuals.