Violence and the World''s Religious Traditions - An Introduction

Zusatztext All of the essays are thought-provoking as they address texts and scriptural traditions, symbols and metaphors, and manifestations of actual violence... There is food for thought in these readings for scholars already familiar with the broad strokes of theories of religion and violence, as well as those knowledgeable in the world's religious traditions. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Juergensmeyer Kitts
• Assisted by: Michael Jerryson (Editor), Mark Juergensmeyer (Editor), Juergensmeyer Mark (Editor), Margo Kitts (Editor), Kitts Margo (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2017
• EAN: 9780190649654
• ISBN: 978-0-19-064965-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Religion & politics, Violence in society, Religion and Politics, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Violence and abuse in society, Social groups: religious groups and communities