Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, Michael Jerryson

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Violence has always 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. The 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. The contributors to this volume--innovative thinkers who are forging new directions in theory and analysis related to religion and violence--provide novel insights into this important field of studies. By mapping out the whole field of religion and violence, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence will prove an authoritative source for students and scholars for years to come.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199344086
• Artikelnr.: 39119166

Autorenporträt

Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Margo Kitts is Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai'i Pacific University in Honolulu. Michael Jerryson is Professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Contributors
* Introduction: ''The Enduring Relationship of Religion and Violence''
- Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, and Michael Jerryson
* Part I: Overview of Religious Traditions
* 1. Hindu: ''Violence and Nonviolence at the Heart of Hindu Ethics'' -
Veena Das
* 2. Buddhist: ''Buddhist Traditions and Violence'' - Michael Jerryson
* 3. Sikh: ''Sikh Traditions and Violence'' - Cynthia Keppley Mahmood
* 4. Jewish: ''Religion and Violence in the Jewish Traditions'' - Ron
Hassner and Gideon Aran
* 5. Christian:''Religion and Violence in Christian Traditions'' -
Lloyd Steffen
* 6. Islamic: ''Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence''- Bruce
Lawrence
* 7. African: ''African Traditional Religion and Violence'' - Nathalie
Wlodarczyk
* 8. Pacific Island: ''Religion and Violence in Pacific Island
Societies'' - Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart
* 9. Chinese: ''Violence in Chinese Religious Traditions'' - Meir
Shahar
* Part II: Patterns and Themes
* 10. Evil: ''The Religious Problem of Evil'' - James Aho
* 11. Sacrifice: ''Sacrifice/Human Sacrifice in Religious Traditions''
- David Carrasco
* 12. Martyrdom: ''Martyrdom in Islam'' - David Cook
* 13. Self Mutilation: ''Starvation and Self Mutilation in Religious
Traditions'' - Liz Wilson
* 14. Apocalypse: ''Apocalyptic Religion and Violence'' - Jamel Velji
* 15. Sacred War: ''Cosmic War in Religious Traditions'' - Reza Aslan
* 16. Genocide: ''Genocide and the Religious Imaginary in Rwanda'' -
Christopher Taylor
* 17. Terrorism: ''Terrorism as Performance Violence'' - Mark
Juergensmeyer
* 18. Torture: ''Christianity and Torture'' - Karen King
* 19. Just War: ''Just War and Legal Restraints'' - John Kelsay
* 20. Abortion: ''Religiously Motivated Violence in the Abortion
Debate'' - Julie Ingersoll
* 21. Contested Sites: ''Conflicts over Sacred Ground'' - Ron E.
Hassner
* 22. Political Violence: ''Religion and Political Violence'' - Monica
Toft
* 23. Death Rituals: ''Rituals of Death and Remembrance'' - Susumu
Shimazono and Margo Kitts
* 24. Violent Death: ''Violent Death in Religious Imagination'' - Margo
Kitts
* Part III: Analytic Approaches
* 25. Sociology: ''Religion and Violence from a Sociological
Perspective'' - John R. Hall
* 26. Anthropology: ''Religion and Violence from an Anthropological
Perspective'' - Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern
* 27. Psychology: ''Religion and Violence from a Psychological
Perspective'' - James W. Jones
* 28. Political Science: ''Religion and Violence from a Political
Science Perspective''- Daniel Philpott
* 29. Literary Theory: ''Religion and Violence from Literary
Perspectives'' - Margo Kitts
* 30. Theology: ''Religion and Violence from Christian Perspectives'' -
Charles Kimball
* Part IV: New Directions
* 31 Sacrifice: ''Sacrificial Violence: A Problem in Ancient
Religions'' - Walter Burkert
* 32. Cities: ''Cities as One Site for Religion and Violence'' - Saskia
Sassen
* 33. Armageddon: ''Armageddonin Christian, Sunni and Shi'a
Traditions'' - Michael Sells
* 34. Phenomenal Violence: ''Phenomenal Violence and the Philosophy of
Religion'' - Hent de Vries
* 35. Constructions of Evil : ''The Construction of Evil and the
Violence of Purification'' - David Frankfurter
* 36. Mimetic Theory: ''Mimetic Theories of Religion and Violence'' -
Wolfgang Palaver
* 37. Scarcity: ''Religion and Scarcity: A New Theory for the Role of
Religion in Violence'' - Hector Avalos
* 38. Evolutionary Theory: ''Ritual, Religion, and Violence: An
Evolutionary Perspective'' - Candance S. Alcorta and Richard Sosis
* 39. Rites of Terror: ''Divergent Modes of Religiosity and Armed
Struggle'' - Harvey Whitehouse, with Brian McQuinn
* 40. Sociotheology: ''A Sociotheological Approach to Understanding
Religious Violence'' - Mark Juergensmeyer and Mona Sheik
* Index