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Religion and the politics of peace and conflict

Linda Hogan ; Dylan Lee Lehrke

Buch

englisch

Hogan, Linda (Ed.) DNB
Lehrke, Dylan Lee (Ed.) DNB

Princeton theological monograph series

94

Pickwick Publications

Eugene

2009

xxii, 240 p.

978-1-55635-067-2

includes bibliographical references and index (p. 223-240).

christianity
peace
war
religion
politics

Contents: Introduction: Between legitimation and refusal: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic responses to political violence / Linda Hogan -- Legitimations and limits of war in Jewish tradition / George R. Wilkes -- And why should you not fight? The imperative of war in Islam and Christianity / John Kelsay -- Imagining co-existence in the face of war: the prophetic Jewish voice and the state, 1917-1948 / Mark Levine -- Sacrificing the sacrifices of war / Stanley Hauerwas -- Politics of peace in Islam / Muhammed A.S. Abdel Haleem -- Gender, religion, and war / Mary Condren -- Gendering of post-Holocaust Jewish responses to war and collective violence / Melissa Raphael -- Prisoner abuse: from Abu Ghraib to The passion of Christ / David Tombs -- Islam, women, and the politics of violence: illustrations from the Middle East / Haleh Afshar.
Summary:
The connections between religion and violence are complex and multifaceted. From the conflicts in Middle East and the Balkans to those in Southeast Asia and beyond, religion frames and legitimates political violence. Moreover, in international relations since 9/11, religious language and metaphors have acquired a new significance. In this context the emerging consensus appears to be not only that violence is intrinsic to religion, but also that religions incite, legitimate, and intensify political violence. However, such an unambiguous indictment of religions is incomplete in that it fails both to appreciate significant counter examples and to recognize the diversity that exists within religions on the issue of violence, particularly the religious roots of pacifism and the ethics of non-violence. This collection explores aspects of this ambivalence between religion and violence. It focuses on traditions of legitimation and pacifism within the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and concludes with an examination of this ambivalence as it unfolds in each traditionÕs engagement with the politics of gender.

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