Gods and Arms

On Religion and Armed Conflict

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Essays on the role of religion in promoting armed conflict, and how peacemaking may be helped by greater understanding of religiously motivated violence.This book brings together a variety of perspectives on how religion can be related to violence and war - both in a destructive and constructive way. Religion can justify and mobilize violence - even terrorism or guerilla wars - just like political ideology. But how is such a link between religion and violent behavior established in the first place? How can we go further in understanding this possible connection between religion and war?Is religious peace work just the flip side of religious support of war? Or can peace work be informed by knowing about how religion promotes violence and war? In the search for answers to the puzzle of religion and war, it is easy to focus on conflict and war situations, but maybe there is as much to learn from peace work as from war studies? Therefore, this book also analyses religious peace work from different contexts.The multifaceted presence of religion in conflict situations - whether justifying violence or promoting peace - is illustrated in this book using a variety of situations, in an enlightening panorama of one of today's must puzzling social connections: religion and armed conflict.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-06-27
Mått153 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt261 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieThe Lutterworth Press
Antal sidor174
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9780718893163

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R. Scott Appleby - Professor of History and John M. Regan Jr. Director, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USAGöran Gunner - Researcher at Church of Sweden Research Unit, Associate Professor in Christianity and Interreligious Studies, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenMariyahl Hoole - Research Associate, National Peace Council, Colombo, Sri LankaMark Juergensmeyer - Professor of Sociology and Director of The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USAAnne N. Kubai - Associate Professor and Researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenKjell-Åke Nordquist - Visiting Professor, Stockholm School of Theology, Stockholm, Sweden and Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenJehan Perera - Doctor of Law, Executive Director, National Peace Council, Colombo, Sri LankaJennifer Schirmer - PhD, Research Professor and Projects Director, Conflict Analysis & Peace Dialogues, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayNari Senanayake - Research Associate, National Peace Council, Colombo, Sri LankaMaria Småberg - PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

ContributorsPreface1 Religion, Fundamentalism, and Conflict - R. Scott Appleby2 Religion in the Global Jihadi War - Mark Juergensmeyer3 Apocalyptic Speculations and the War of Armageddon - Göran Gunner4 "It Was the Work of Satan": Perpetrators Rationalize the Atrocities of the Rwanda Genocide - Anne N. Kubai5 In Search of Grace: Religion and the ELN - Jennifer Schirmer6 Religion, Conflict, and Peace-Building: The Case of Sri Lanka - Mariyahl Hoole, Nari Senanayake, and Jehan Perera7 "Peacemakers" from the "Bridge Church": The Anglican Church as A Third Party in Palestine 1920-1948 - Maria Småberg8 Linking War and Religion: Some Observations - Kjell-Åke Nordquist