The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence

Bibliographic Data

ID20003202
EditorsMichael Jerryson (Religious Studies, Youngstown State University), Mark Juergensmeyer (0000-0001-8713-4586, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara), Margo Kitts (Humanities, Hawaii Pacific University)
Year2013
Pages653
Publication date2013-01-07
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Oxford handbook of religion and violence (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199759996.001.0001
OpenAlexW4205368390
Open LibraryOL25299154M
ISBN9780199759996
LanguageEN
Citations received59

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 offers intersections between religion and violence throughout history and around the world. Its forty chapters 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. They 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

Archaeology · Criminology · Discipline · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Religious violence · Sacrifice · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Gewalt · Religion · Religious aspects · Violence · Violence, religious aspects