Textbook Violence

James R. Lewis is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromso. Bengt-Ove Andreassen is Associate Professor in Religious Studies in the Department of Education at the University of Tromso. Suzanne Anett Thobro is a Fellow in the Department of History and Religious Studies, University of Tromso.

• Introduction James R. Lewis and Bengt-Ove Andreassen 1. Reading Beyond the Lines: What Students Learn From their History Textbooks Michael H. Romanowski, Qatar University 2. This is not a Religion!: "The Treachery of the Iages" of Aum, Yasukuni and Al-Qaeda in Japanese Textbooks Satoko Fujiwara, University of Tokyo 3. Ignore the War, Concentrate on Peace: Textbook Analysis of Strategies in Post-Conflict Societies - A Praxeological Approach Zrinka timac, Georg Eckert Institute, Germany 4. Colonial Conflicts: Absence, Inclusion and Indigenization in Textbook Presentations of Indigenous Peoples Torjer A. Olsen, University of Troms 5. Talking about Conflicts in Pursuit of the Common Good, or how to Handle Sensitive Topics while Learning about Religions: The Approach of the Ethics and Religious Culture Textbooks in Quebec Sivane Hirsch, Universite du Quebec a Trois- Rivieres 6. Representations of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust in RE Textbooks for Norwegian Upper Secondary School Suzanne Anett Thobro, University of Troms 7. Aniconism and Images in Norwegian RE Textbooks: Representations and Historical Change Sissel Undheim, University of Bergen 8. Undermining Authority: The Representation of Buddhism and Discourse on Modernity in Religion Education Textbooks Kai Arne Nyborg, University of Troms 9. Significant or Insignificant Absence? Religion and Violence in RE Textbooks for Norwegian Teacher Education Bengt-Ove Andreassen 10. Toward an Appreciation of Non-Normativity A Quasi-Autobiography Aaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester 11. Self-Contradictions and Projected Otherness: Images of Sikh Militancy in the Writings of Orientalist Scholars and Contemporary Textbook Authors James R. Lewis