Confronting Genocide Judaism, Christianity, Islam

by Jacobs, Steven Leonard; Bartrop, Paul R.; Dietrich, Donald J.; Farooq, Mohammad Omar; Garber, Zev; Glick, Leonard B.; Haynes, Stephen R.; Knight, Henry F.; Kuper, Leo; Mojzes, Paul; Moore, James Frazier; Nunpa, Chris Mato; Patterson, David; Pawlikowski, J

• ISBN13: 9780739135891
• ISBN10: 0739135899
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-16
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Confronting Genocide: Judaism, Christianity, Islam is the first collection of essays by recognized scholars primarily in the field of religious studies to address this timely topic. In addition to theoretical thinking about both religion and genocide and the relationship between the two, these authors look at the tragedies of the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, Rwanda, Bosnia, and the Sudan from their own unique vantage point. In so doing, they supply a much-needed additional contribution to the ongoing conversations proffered by historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, and legal scholars regarding prevention, intervention, and punishment. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Steven Leonard Jacobs is associate professor of religious studies and holds the Aaron Aronov Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Genocide in the Name of God: Thoughts on Religion and Genocide	p. ix
Textual Warrants for Genocide
Theological Warrants for Genocide: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity	p. 3
The Last Uncomfortable Religious Question? Monotheistic Exclusivism and Textual Superiority in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as Sources of Hate and Genocide	p. 35
A Sweet-Smelling Sacrifice: Genocide, the Bible, and the Indigenous Peoples of the United States, Selected Examples	p. 47
The Accountability of Religion in Genocide	p. 65
More Than the Jews...His Blood Be Upon All the Children: Biblical Violence, Genocide, and Responsible Reading	p. 77
Religion and Mass Violence: Empirical Data and Case Studies
Religion and Genocide	p. 95
Jihad and Genocide: The Case of the Armenians	p. 119
Islam and Genocide: The Case of Bangladesh in 1971	p. 139
The Genocidal Twentieth Century in the Balkans	p. 151
"Death Was Everywhere, Even in Front of the Church": Christian Faith and the Rwandan Genocide	p. 183
Alternative Readings of Troubling Texts: Religion as a Force against Violence
Getting Rid of the G-d of Abraham: A Prerequisite for Genocide	p. 197
The Ten Commandments, the Holocaust, and Reflections on Genocide	p. 209
Coming to Terms with Amalek: Testing the Limits of Hospitality	p. 223
Theologies and Practices of Reconciliation
Post-Shoah Restitution of a Different Kind	p. 241
The Holocaust, Genocide, and the Catholic Church	p. 255
Catholic Views on Holocaust and Genocide: A Critical Appraisal	p. 267
Terror Out of Zion: Making Sense of Scriptural Teaching	p. 279
Rape, Religion, and Genocide: An Unholy Silence	p. 291
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	p. 307
Universal Declaration of Human Rights	p. 313
The United Nations Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (1968)	p. 321
Index	p. 325
Contributors	p. 345
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