InhaltsangabeNotes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Andrew R. Murphy (Rutgers) Part I: "Religion" and "Violence": Defining Terms, Defining Relationships Part II: Disciplinary Perspectives Part III: Traditions and Movements, Concepts and Themes Part IV: Case Studies: Religion and Violence, Past and Present Part V: Future Prospects: Beyond Violence? Index

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Part I.; "Religion" and "Violence": Defining Terms, Defining Relationships 1 Religion and Violence: Coming to Terms with the Terms 2 The Myth of Religious Violence Part II. Disciplinary Perspectives 3 An Economic Approach to Religion and Violence 4 Religion, Identity and Violence: Some Theoretical Reflections 5 An Anthropological Approach to Religion and Violence 6 An Evolutionary Perspective: Spiritual Devotion and Self-Annihilation 7 The Sociology of Religious Violence Religion, Law and Violence 8 Mediating Religious Violence 9 Look Both Ways: Gender in the Production of Religious and Secular Violence 10 Explaining Religious Violence: Retrospects and Prospects Part III. Traditions and Movements 11 Christianity and Violence 12 Genesis 34 and the Legacies of Biblical Violence 13 Islam and Violence 14 Religion and Violence in Hindu Traditions 15 Buddhism and Symbolic Violence 16 Religion, Violence, and ShintM 17 Confucian Ethical Action and the Boundaries of Peace and War 18 Violence in Chinese Religious Culture 19 The Dialectic of Violence in Jainism Part IV. Concepts and Themes 20 Just War and Jihad of the Sword 21 Jihad and Martyrdom in Classical and Contemporary Islam 22 The Psychology of Contemporary Religious Terrorism 23 Pragmatic Responses: the Transformation of Failure and the Spiritualisation of Violence 24 Sacrifice and Violence 25 History, Humiliation, and Religious Violence 26 Reconceptualizing Totalitarianism and Fascism Part V. Case Studies: Religion and Violence, Past and Present 27 Enduring the Sacred Scars of Slavery 28 South Asia: From Colonial Categories to a Crisis of Faith? 29 Gender, Religion and Violence During the Holocaust 30 Women in the Sastric Tradition: Colonialism, Law, and Violence 31 Biblical Metaphors, Violent Intervention, and American Identity in the Spanish-32 American War 33 Militant Islam, Islamic Law, and National Disintegration in Sudan 34 The Battle for Australia: Salvation and Conquest 35 Religious-based Violence against Women, and Feminist Responses: Iran, 36 Afghanistan, and Algeria 36 Anti-Jewish Violence in Late Imperial Russia 37 Religion, Pluralism, and Conflict in the Pacific Islands 38 Ritual Violence and Violent Ritual in Chinese Popular Religion 39 The Politics of Protestant Violence: Abolitionists and Anti-Abortionists 40 Religion and violence in Africa 41 Rethinking Religion and Politics in the Middle East 42 The Rhetoric of Puritan Violence Part VI. Future prospects: Beyond violence? 43 Liberation from Violence Why Nonviolence? The American Tradition 44 Religious Peacebuilding