In recent years religion has resurfaced amongst academics, in many ways replacing class as the key to understanding Europe's historical development. This has resulted in an explosion of studies revisiting issues of region, confessional violence and holy war during the early modern period. But the interpretation of the European wars of religion still remains constrained by national boundaries. In order to untangle this complex web and more thoroughly interrogate these concepts and assumptions, this volume focusses on terms repeatedly used and misused in public debates such as 'religious…mehr
In recent years religion has resurfaced amongst academics, in many ways replacing class as the key to understanding Europe's historical development. This has resulted in an explosion of studies revisiting issues of region, confessional violence and holy war during the early modern period. But the interpretation of the European wars of religion still remains constrained by national boundaries. In order to untangle this complex web and more thoroughly interrogate these concepts and assumptions, this volume focusses on terms repeatedly used and misused in public debates such as 'religious violence' and 'holy warfare' within the context of military conflicts labelled 'religious wars'.
Harriet Rudolph is Professor of Modern History (Early Modern Times) at the University of Regensburg, Germany. Wolfgang Palaver is Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Dean of the School of Catholic Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. From 2007 to 2011 he was president of the 'Colloquium on Violence and Religion'. Dietmar Regensburger is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
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Contents Introduction Wolfgang Palaver, Harriet Rudolph, and Dietmar Regensburger Part I Historical Approaches 1 Religion and Violence in the Hussite Wars Pavel Soukup 2 Religion, War, and Violence in the Swiss Confederation Thomas Lau 3 Were the French Wars of Religion Really Wars of Religion? Philip Benedict 4 Religious Wars in the Holy Roman Empire? From the Schmalkaldic War to the Thirty Years War Harriet Rudolph 5 England's Wars of Religion: A Reassessment Charles W. A. Prior 6 Justifying Force in Early Modern Doctrines on Self-defence and Resistance Luise Schorn-Schütte Part II Approaches from Philosophy and Theology 7 Secularization of the Holy: A Reading of the 'Wars of Religion' William T. Cavanaugh 8 The Modern State or the Myth of 'Political Violence' Paul Dumouchel 9 The Modern Military-Humanitarian Hybrid State: A Response to Paul Dumouchel Bruce Ward 10 Confessional Wars and Religious Violence in Christianity from a Theological Viewpoint Ralf Miggelbrink 11 Religion and Violence: The Case of Wars in the Former Yugoslavia Janez Juhant 12 The Debate About the European Wars of Religion as a Challenge to Interdisciplinary Cooperation Wolfgang Palaver Index
Contents Introduction Wolfgang Palaver, Harriet Rudolph, and Dietmar Regensburger Part I Historical Approaches 1 Religion and Violence in the Hussite Wars Pavel Soukup 2 Religion, War, and Violence in the Swiss Confederation Thomas Lau 3 Were the French Wars of Religion Really Wars of Religion? Philip Benedict 4 Religious Wars in the Holy Roman Empire? From the Schmalkaldic War to the Thirty Years War Harriet Rudolph 5 England's Wars of Religion: A Reassessment Charles W. A. Prior 6 Justifying Force in Early Modern Doctrines on Self-defence and Resistance Luise Schorn-Schütte Part II Approaches from Philosophy and Theology 7 Secularization of the Holy: A Reading of the 'Wars of Religion' William T. Cavanaugh 8 The Modern State or the Myth of 'Political Violence' Paul Dumouchel 9 The Modern Military-Humanitarian Hybrid State: A Response to Paul Dumouchel Bruce Ward 10 Confessional Wars and Religious Violence in Christianity from a Theological Viewpoint Ralf Miggelbrink 11 Religion and Violence: The Case of Wars in the Former Yugoslavia Janez Juhant 12 The Debate About the European Wars of Religion as a Challenge to Interdisciplinary Cooperation Wolfgang Palaver Index
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