Confronting Genocide

by Jacobs, Leonard Steven

• ISBN13: 9781845454173
• ISBN10: 1845454170
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-30
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

Scholars of religious studies have come late to the study of genocide, a subject that up until now has primarily been the domain of historians, political scientists and sociologists. This volume seeks to remedy the situation, and in doing so is the first of its kind to address religion as an important factor that often contributes to the implementation and perpetuation of genocide--as well as viewing it as the foundation and justification for such collective acts. As such, the authors look at the larger issues of the nexus between what we call "religion" and genocide, in both its theological formulations and institutional configurations.

Author Biography

Steven Leonard Jacobs holds the Aaron Aronov Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, where he, also, holds the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies. Author, editor and translator of a number of scholarly articles and books, his primary research foci are Hebrew Bible and The Dead Sea Scrolls and religio-theological issues surrounding both the Holocaust and genocide. Among his published works are Contemporary Jewish and Contemporary Christian Religious Responses to the Shoah (2 Volumes; 1993; Editor); Rethinking Jewish Faith: The Child of a Survivor Responds (1994); The Encyclopedia of Genocide (2 Volumes; 1999; Associate Editor); Post-Shoah Dialogues: Re-Thinking Our Texts Together (2004; Co-Author); Dictionary of Genocide (Forthcoming; Co-Author).