The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence

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