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Contributors | |
Introduction: ''The Enduring Relationship of Religion and Violence'' | |
Overview of Religious Traditions | |
Hindu: ''Violence and Nonviolence at the Heart of Hindu Ethics'' | |
Buddhist: ''Buddhist Traditions and Violence'' | |
Sikh: ''Sikh Traditions and Violence'' | |
Jewish: ''Religion and Violence in the Jewish Traditions'' | |
Christian:''Religion and Violence in Christian Traditions'' | |
Islamic: ''Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence'' | |
African: ''African Traditional Religion and Violence'' | |
Pacific Island: ''Religion and Violence in Pacific Island Societies'' | |
Chinese: ''Violence in Chinese Religious Traditions'' | |
Patterns and Themes | |
Evil: ''The Religious Problem of Evil'' | |
Sacrifice: ''Sacrifice/Human Sacrifice in Religious Traditions'' | |
Martyrdom: ''Martyrdom in Islam'' | |
Self Mutilation: ''Starvation and Self Mutilation in Religious Traditions'' | |
Apocalypse: ''Apocalyptic Religion and Violence'' | |
Sacred War: ''Cosmic War in Religious Traditions'' | |
Genocide: ''Genocide and the Religious Imaginary in Rwanda'' | |
Terrorism: ''Terrorism as Performance Violence'' | |
Torture: ''Christianity and Torture'' | |
Just War: ''Just War and Legal Restraints'' | |
Abortion: ''Religiously Motivated Violence in the Abortion Debate'' | |
Contested Sites: ''Conflicts over Sacred Ground'' | |
Political Violence: ''Religion and Political Violence'' | |
Death Rituals: ''Rituals of Death and Remembrance'' | |
Violent Death: ''Violent Death in Religious Imagination'' | |
Analytic Approaches | |
Sociology: ''Religion and Violence from a Sociological Perspective'' | |
Anthropology: ''Religion and Violence from an Anthropological Perspective'' | |
Psychology: ''Religion and Violence from a Psychological Perspective'' | |
Political Science: ''Religion and Violence from a Political Science Perspective'' | |
Literary Theory: ''Religion and Violence from Literary Perspectives'' | |
Theology: ''Religion and Violence from Christian Perspectives'' | |
New Directions | |
Sacrifice: ''Sacrificial Violence: A Problem in Ancient Religions'' | |
Cities: ''Cities as One Site for Religion and Violence'' | |
Armageddon: ''Armageddonin Christian, Sunni and Shi'a Traditions'' | |
Phenomenal Violence: ''Phenomenal Violence and the Philosophy of Religion'' | |
Constructions of Evil : ''The Construction of Evil and the Violence of Purification'' | |
Mimetic Theory: ''Mimetic Theories of Religion and Violence'' | |
Scarcity: ''Religion and Scarcity: A New Theory for the Role of Religion in Violence'' | |
Evolutionary Theory: ''Ritual, Religion, and Violence: An Evolutionary Perspective'' | |
Rites of Terror: ''Divergent Modes of Religiosity and Armed Struggle'' | |
Sociotheology: ''A Sociotheological Approach to Understanding Religious Violence'' | |
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