Research Catalog

Title

Religion, terror and violence : religious studies perspectives / edited by Bryan Rennie and Philip L. Tite.

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Rennie, Bryan S., 1954-
• Tite, Philip L., 1969-

Description

xviii, 290 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm

Subjects

• Religieuze aspecten
• Geweld
• Terrorisme
• Terrorism > Religious aspects
• Violence > Religious aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Sacred violence and the scholar of religion as public intellectual / Philip L. Tite -- Explanatory approaches to violence and religion -- 2. Violence internal and external / Robert A. Segal -- Rhetorical reflections -- 3. Savage civil religion / Paul Christopher Johnson -- 4. The rhetoric of evil and eradicating terrorism / Caryn D. Riswold -- 5. The tricks and treats of classification: searching for the heart of authentic Islam / Russell T. McCutcheon -- 6. Discussion: rhetorical reflections / Anna S. King -- Theological reflections -- 7. A new paradigm of international relations? Reflections after September 11, 2001 / Hans Kung -- 8. Can love save the world? / Walter Wink -- 9. Discussion: theological reflections / Samuel M. Powell -- Historical and social reflections -- 10. Religious terror and global war / Mark Juergensmeyer -- 11. Jihad and Islamic history / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- 12. The roots of public attitudes toward state accommodation of European Muslims' religious practices before and after September 11 / Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper -- 13. Buddhist perspectives on terrorism / Martin T. Adam and Wayne Codling -- 14. Discussion: historical and social reflections / Michel Desjardins -- Pedagogical and professional reflections -- 15. Teaching Islam through and after September 11: towards a progressive Muslim agenda / Omid Safi -- 16. Islam within the context of higher education / Zayn Kassam -- 17. Thoughts on being a scholar of Islam and a Muslim in America post-9/11 / Amir Hussain -- 18. Discussion: pedagogical and professional reflections / Sesan E. Henking -- Aesthetic reflections -- 19. Seeing what is missing: art, artists, and September 11 / Maureen Korp -- Concluding reflections -- 20. Religion, violence, and the pursuit of truth / Bryan Rennie.

ISBN

• 9780415442305 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0415442303 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9780415442312 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0415442311 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007037960
• 40015533477

OCLC

• ocn166361290
• 166361290
• SCSB-5414898

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries