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.

• IntroductionJames R. Lewis and Bengt-Ove Andreassen1. Reading Beyond the Lines: What Students Learn From their History TextbooksMichael H. Romanowski, Qatar University2. This is not a Religion!: "The Treachery of the Iages" of Aum, Yasukuni and Al-Qaeda in Japanese TextbooksSatoko Fujiwara, University of Tokyo3. Ignore the War, Concentrate on Peace: Textbook Analysis of Strategies in Post-Conflict Societies - A Praxeological ApproachZrinka Stimac, Georg Eckert Institute, Germany4. Colonial Conflicts: Absence, Inclusion and Indigenization in Textbook Presentations of Indigenous Peoples Torjer A. Olsen, University of Tromso5. 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- Rivieres6. Representations of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust in RE Textbooks for Norwegian Upper Secondary SchoolSuzanne Anett Thobro, University of Tromso7. Aniconism and Images in Norwegian RE Textbooks: Representations and Historical ChangeSissel Undheim, University of Bergen8. Undermining Authority: The Representation of Buddhism and Discourse on Modernity in Religion Education TextbooksKai Arne Nyborg, University of Tromso 9. Significant or Insignificant Absence? Religion and Violence in RE Textbooks for Norwegian Teacher EducationBengt-Ove Andreassen10. Toward an Appreciation of Non-NormativityA Quasi-AutobiographyAaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester11. Self-Contradictions and Projected Otherness: Images of Sikh Militancy in the Writings of Orientalist Scholars and Contemporary Textbook AuthorsJames R. Lewis