Annett Kottek (X) Nov 28, 2009:

@ Trudy I really like 'promoting', as well as Bernhard's suggestion of 'peace-bringing', I think that gets to the heart of the matter. But to incorporate both ideas into a decent sentence? The 'peace-promoting and peace-bringing message of the world's major religions...' doesn't really work for me. How about rephrasing it to something like this: ‘That the world’s major religions have a message of peace for us (which is in fact twofold, in that they not only promote peace, but are also able to deliver it) is no news.

Then again, the distinction may have been made for purely rhetorical reasons, and it would suffice to just translate it as their ‘message of peace’. See context.

Trudy Peters Nov 27, 2009:

Promoting anyone? Message proclaiming and promoting peace.

Bernhard Sulzer Nov 27, 2009:

two things I also see two parts of the message: proclaiming peace and bringing peace. Here a few more suggestions: That the message of proclaiming and bringing peace is inherent in/part of all large world religions is not (nothing) new.
Proclaiming and bringing peace is a message spread/given/disseminated by all large world religions. That is nothing new.

Deborah Shannon Nov 27, 2009:

Possibly the phrasing is elliptical rather than redundant, i.e. major world religions have long exhorted [their followers] to proclaim and bring about peace.

Annett Kottek (X) Nov 27, 2009:

peace-loving and peace-proclaiming? maybe? Their message proclaims peace (‘verkünden’) and creates, or promises, peace (‘schaffen’). In the first instance, I’d say they love peace and hence spread the message of peace, in the second instance they claim that they can indeed bring peace.

gangels (X) Nov 27, 2009:

Perhaps just 'the message of peace and its blessings for mankind, postulated by the world's large religions, is not unique'

David Williams (asker) Nov 27, 2009:

...as does "the message of peace".