Violence and the World's Religious Traditions: An Introduction
Collectively, the essays in this volume reflect the complex and contested meanings of both religion and violence, providing overviews of engagements with violence in Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, African, and Pacific Island religious traditions. By shedding light on the...
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2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
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World religion
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Print version: Juergensmeyer, Mark: Violence and the World's Religious Traditions : An Introduction. - Oxford : Oxford University Press,c2016 |
| Summary: | Collectively, the essays in this volume reflect the complex and contested meanings of both religion and violence, providing overviews of engagements with violence in Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, African, and Pacific Island religious traditions. By shedding light on the intersection of violence with faith, this volume does much to expand our understanding of the nature of religion itself, and the diverse forms it may take Cover -- VIOLENCE AND THE WORLD'S RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS: AN INTRODUCTION -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: the enduring relationship of religion and violence -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Violence and Nonviolence at the Heart of Hindu Ethics -- The Claims of the Animal -- Killing as Pacification: Euphemistic Character of Ritual Vocabulary -- Ritual Substitution -- Sacrifice as Regeneration -- The Eating of Animals -- Why Animals? -- Women, Warfare, and Sovereignty -- Striving for Noncruelty -- The Scene of Violence and the Loss of Self -- The Dice Game -- The Hesitation of Arjuna Noncruelty or the Humanization of Dharma -- Humanizing Dharma -- Hinduism's Modernity or Modernity's Hinduism? -- NOTES -- Bibiliography -- Chapter 2: Buddhist Traditions and Violence -- Ethical and Scriptural Justifications for Violence -- Theravada Scriptures -- Intention -- Nature of the Victim -- Stature of Those Who Kill -- Mahayana Scriptures -- Intention -- Nature of the Victim -- Stature of Those Who Kill -- Vajrayana Scriptures -- Intention -- Stature of Those Who Kill -- Symbolic Representations of Violence -- Manifestations of Violence -- War -- Punishment -- Social Control Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Sikh Traditions and Violence -- The Sikhs -- Sikhs and Militancy -- The Sikh Identity Today -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Religion and Violence in the Jewish Traditions -- Biblical Prescriptions for Violence -- Biblical Descriptions of Violence -- Coping with the Violent Implications of the Bible -- A Legacy of Rebellion and Destruction -- The Oral Torah and Rabbinic Ruling -- Kabbalah and Mythology -- Messianic Ideas and Messianic Movements -- 1,800 Years of Nonviolence? -- Bibliography Chapter 5: Religion and Violence in Christian Traditions -- Theological Justifications -- Paul -- Jesus -- Just War -- The Crusades -- Heresy and Inquisition -- Missionary Movements -- Concluding Statement -- Symbolic Representations of Violence in the Christian Tradition -- Manifestations of Violence: Warfare, Punishment, Social Control -- War -- Punishment -- Social Control -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence -- Violence in the Earliest Phase of Islamic History -- The Time of the Prophet: Societal versus Military Violence The Qur'an as Guidepost for Early Muslims -- The First Instances of Muslim-Initiated War -- Muslim Wars after Muhammad: The Special Case of Ridda and the Problem of Retaliation -- Jihad Invoked, Redefined, and Reawakened -- Violence in the Gunpowder Empires -- The Ottoman Case -- Comparative Perspectives on Regional Empires -- European Colonial Presence and Violent Muslim Responses -- Jihad in Modern Times -- The Legacy of Osama Bin Laden: The Cosmic Warrior Mediated -- The Muslim Legacy Post-Osama Bin Laden -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: African Traditional Religion and Violence What is African Traditional Religion? |
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| ISBN: | 0190649674 |