Title:
The Oxford handbook of religion and violence / edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, and Michael Jerryson.
Author:
Juergensmeyer, Mark, editor.
Kitts, Margo, 1952- editor.
Jerryson, Michael K., editor.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2013
Call Number:
BL65.V55 O94 2016
Abstract:
Violence has played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence surveys intersections between religion and violence throughout history and around the world. Forty original essays in this volume include overviews of major religious traditions, showing how violence is justified within the literary and theological foundations of the tradition, how it is used symbolically and in ritual practice, and how social acts of violence and warfare have been justified by religious ideas. The essays also examine patterns and themes relating to religious violence, such as sacrifice and martyrdom, which are explored in cross-disciplinary or regional analyses; and offer major analytic approaches, from literary to social scientific studies. Contributors to this volume, thinkers who are forging new directions in theory and analysis related to religion and violence, provide novel insights.
ISBN:
9780190270094
Series:
Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology
Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology.
Physical Description:
xiii, 653 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
The enduring relationship of religion and violence / Overview of religious traditions -- Violence and nonviolence at the heart of Hindu ethics / Buddhist traditions and violence / Sikh traditions and violence / Religion and violence in the Jewish traditions / Religion and violence in the Christian traditions / Muslim engagement with injustice and violence / African traditional religion and violence / Religion and violence in Pacific Island societies / Violence in Chinese religious traditions / Patterns and themes -- The religious problem of evil / Sacrifice/human sacrifice in religious traditions / Martyrdom in Islam / Starvation and self-mutilation in religious traditions / Apocalyptic religion and violence / Cosmic war in religious traditions / Genocide and the religious imagery in Rwanda / Religious terrorism as performance violence / Christianity and torture / Just war and legal restraints / Religiously motivated violence in the abortion debate / Conflicts over sacred ground / Religion and political violence / Rituals of death and remembrance / Violent death in religious imagination / Analytic approaches -- Religion and violence from a sociological perspective / Religion and violence from an anthropological perspective / Religion and violence from a psychological perspective / Religion and violence from a political science perspective / Religion and violence from literary perspectives / Religion and violence from Christian theological perspectives / New directions -- Sacrificial violence : a problem in ancient religions / Cities as one site for religion and violence / Armageddon in Christian, Sunni, and Shia traditions / Phenomenal violence and the philosophy of religion / The construction of evil and the violence of purification / Mimetic theories of religion and violence / Religion and scarcity : a new theory for the role of religion in violence / Ritual, religion, and violence : an evolutionary perspective / Divergent modes of religiosity and armed struggle / A sociotheological approach to understanding religious violence
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