The Blackwell companion to religion and violence /

• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Murphy, Andrew R., 1967-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Series: Blackwell companions to religion ; 42.
• Subjects: Violence > Religious aspects.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.; Electronic books.

"The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence. This Companion tackles one of the most important topics in...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Introduction / Andrew R Murphy
• ₃Religion₄ and ₃Violence₄: Defining Terms, Defining Relationships. Religion and Violence: Coming to Terms with Terms / John D Carlson
• The Myth of Religious Violence / William T Cavanaugh
• Disciplinary Perspectives. Religion and Violence: An Economic Approach / Anthony Gill
• Religion, Identity, and Violence: Some Theoretical Reflections / Aziz Esmail
• Anthropological Reflections on Religion and Violence / Bettina E Schmidt
• Spiritual Devotion and Self-Annihilation: An Evolutionary Perspective / Ariel Glucklich
• The Sociology of Religious Violence / Charles Selengut
• Religion, Law, and Violence / David E Guinn
• Mediating Religious Violence / Jolyon Mitchell
• Gender in the Production of Religious and Secular Violence / Janet R Jakobsen
• Explaining Religious Violence: Retrospects and Prospects / Hector Avalos
• Traditions and Movements, Concepts and Themes. Christianity and Violence / Jonathan Ebel
• Genesis 34 and the Legacies of Biblical Violence / Elliott Horowitz
• Islam and Violence / Beverley Milton-Edwards
• Religion and Violence in Hindu Traditions / Jeffery D Long
• Buddhism and Symbolic Violence / Bernard Faure
• Religion, Violence, and Shinto / Walter A Skya
• Confucian Ethical Action and the Boundaries of Peace and War / Don J Wyatt
• Violence in Chinese Religious Culture / Barend J ter Haar
• The Dialectic of Violence in Jainism / Christopher Key Chapple
• Just War and Jihad of the Sword / James Turner Johnson
• Jihad and Martyrdom in Classical and Contemporary Islam / David Cook
• Sacred Terror: The Psychology of Contemporary Religious Terrorism / James W Jones
• The Transformation of Failure and the Spiritualization of Violence / Ian Reader
• Sacrifice and Violence / Kathryn McClymond
• History, Humiliation, and Religious Violence / Ellen Posman
• Reconceptualizing Totalitarianism and Fascism / Robert Imre
• Case Studies: Religion and Violence, Past and Present. Enduring the Sacred Scars of Slavery / Yolanda Pierce
• South Asia: From Colonial Categories to a Crisis of Faith? / Yasmin Khan
• Gender, Religion, and Violence during the Holocaust / Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz
• Women in the Sastric Tradition: Colonialism, Law, and Violence / Nandini Bhattacharyya-Panda
• Biblical Metaphors for Interventionism in the Spanish-American War / Matthew McCullough
• Sudan: Religion and Conflict / Jok Madut Jok
• The Battle for Australia: Salvation and Conquest / Marion Maddox
• Fundamentalist Violence and Women: Iran, Afghanistan, and Algeria / Valentine M Moghadam
• Anti-Jewish Violence in Late Imperial Russia / Robert Weinberg
• Religion, Pluralism, and Conflicts in the Pacific Islands / Yannick Fer
• Ritual Violence and Violent Ritual in Chinese Popular Religion / Avron Boretz
• The Politics of Protestant Violence: Abolitionists and Anti-Abortionists / Joel Olson
• Colonialism and Civil War: Religion and Violence in East Africa / Ben Jones
• Rethinking Religion and Violence in the Middle East / Jeroen Gunning
• Cromwell, Mather, and the Rhetoric of Puritan Violence / Andrew R Murphy
• Future Prospects: Beyond Violence?. Liberation Theology and the Spiral of Violence / Thia Cooper
• Religion and Nonviolence in American History / Ira Chernus
• Religious Peacebuilding / Mar̕a Pilar Aquino
• Index.
• Machine generated contents note: Part I. "Religion" and "Violence": Defining Terms, Defining Relationships.
• 1. Religion and Violence: Coming to Terms with the Terms (John D. Carlson, Arizona State University).
• 2. The Myth of Religious Violence (William T. Cavanaugh, DePaul University, Chicago).
• Part II. Disciplinary Perspectives.
• 3. An Economic Approach to Religion and Violence (Anthony Gill, University of Washington).
• 4. Religion, Identity and Violence: Some Theoretical Reflections (Aziz Esmail, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London).
• 5. An Anthropological Approach to Religion and Violence (Bettina E. Schmidt, Bangor University, Wales).
• 6. An Evolutionary Perspective: Spiritual Devotion and Self-Annihilation (Ariel Glucklich, Georgetown University).
• 7. The Sociology of Religious Violence (Charles Selengut, Drew University, New Jersey).
• 8. Religion, Law and Violence (David E. Guinn, Center for International Development
• SUNY).
• 9. Mediating Religious Violence (Jolyon Mitchell, University of Edinburgh).
• 10. Look Both Ways: Gender in the Production of Religious and Secular Violence (Janet R. Jakobsen, Barnard College, Columbia University).
• 11. Explaining Religious Violence: Retrospects and Prospects (Hector Avalos, Professor of Religious Studies, Iowa State University).
• Part III. Traditions and Movements, Concepts and Themes.
• 12. Christianity and Violence (Jonathan Ebel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
• 13. Genesis 34 and the Legacies of Biblical Violence (Elliott Horowitz, Bar Ilan University).
• 14. Islam and Violence (Beverley Milton-Edwards, Queen's University Belfast).
• 15. Religion and Violence in Hindu Traditions (Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College).
• 16. Buddhism and Symbolic Violence (Bernard Faure, Columbia University).
• 17. Religion, Violence, and Shintō (Walter Skya, University of Alaska-Fairbanks).
• 18. Confucian Ethical Action and the Boundaries of Peace and War (Don J. Wyatt, Middlebury College).
• 19. Violence in Chinese Religious Culture (Barend J. ter Haar, University of Leiden, Netherlands).
• 20. The Dialectic of Violence in Jainism (Christopher Chapple, Loyola Marymount).
• 21. Just War and Jihad of the Sword (James Turner Johnson, Rutgers University).
• 22. Jihad and Martyrdom in Classical and Contemporary Islam (David Cook, Rice University).
• 23. The Psychology of Contemporary Religious Terrorism (James W. Jones, Rutgers University).
• 24. Pragmatic Responses: the Transformation of Failure and the Spiritualisation of Violence (Ian Reader, University of Manchester).
• 25. Sacrifice and Violence (Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University).
• 26. History, Humiliation, and Religious Violence (Ellen Posman, Baldwin-Wallace College).
• 27. Reconceptualizing Totalitarianism and Fascism (Robert Imre, University of Newcastle).
• Part V. Case Studies: Religion and Violence, Past and Present.
• 28. Enduring the Sacred Scars of Slavery (Yolanda Pierce, Princeton Theological Seminary).
• 29. South Asia: From Colonial Categories to a Crisis of Faith? (Yasmin Khan, Lecturer in Politics, Royal Holloway, University of London).
• 30. Gender, Religion and Violence During the Holocaust (Judith Baumel-Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University).
• 31. Women in the Sastric Tradition: Colonialism, Law, and Violence (Nandini Bhattacharyya-Panda, Indian Council of Historical Research).
• 32. Biblical Metaphors, Violent Intervention, and American Identity in the Spanish-American War (Matthew McCullough, Vanderbilt University).
• 33. Militant Islam, Islamic Law, and National Disintegration in Sudan (Jok Madut Jok, Loyola Marymount University).
• 34. The Battle for Australia: Salvation and Conquest (Marion Maddox, Macquarie University).
• 35. Religious-based Violence against Women, and Feminist Responses: Iran, Afghanistan, and Algeria (Valentine M. Moghadam. Purdue University).
• 36. Anti-Jewish Violence in Late Imperial Russia (Robert Weinberg, Swarthmore College).
• 37. Religion, Pluralism, and Conflict in the Pacific Islands (Yannick Fer, Groupe Socie;te;s, Religions, Lai;cite;s).
• 38. Ritual Violence and Violent Ritual in Chinese Popular Religion (Avron Boretz, The United Board).
• 39. The Politics of Protestant Violence: Abolitionists and Anti-Abortionists (Joel Olson, Northern Arizona University).
• 40. Religion and violence in Africa (Ben Jones, University of East Anglia).
• 41. Rethinking Religion and Politics in the Middle East (Jeroen Gunning, University of Durham).
• 42. The Rhetoric of Puritan Violence (Andrew R. Murphy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick).
• Part VI. Future prospects: Beyond violence?
• 43. Liberation from Violence (Thia Cooper, Gustavus Adolphus College).
• 44. Why Nonviolence? The American Tradition (Ira Chernus, University of Colorado at Boulder).
• 45. Religious Peacebuilding (Maria Pilar Aquino, University of San Diego).