Religion, Violence, Memory, and Place
Published on 8. November 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-253-21864-3 (ISBN)
Description
Sites of violence often provoke conflicts over memorialization. These conflicts provide insight into the construction and use of memory as a means of achieving public recognition of past wrongs. In this groundbreaking collection, scholars of religious studies, sociology, history, and political science, as well as African, Caribbean, Jewish, and Native American studies, examine the religious memorialization of violent acts that are linked to particular sites. Supported by the essays gathered here, the editors argue that memory is essential to religion and, conversely, that religion is inherent in memory. Other books have considered memory and violence, or religion and place-this collection is the first to discuss the intersection of all four.
Contributors are David Chidester, James H. Foard, Roger Friedland, Richard D. Hecht, Juan A. Herrero Brasas, Janet Liebman Jacobs, Flora A. Keshgegian, J. Shawn Landres, Edward T. Linenthal, Timothy Longman, Tania Oldenhage, Michelene E. Pesantubbee, Terry Rey, William Robert, Theoneste Rutagengwa, Oren Baruch Stier, Jonathan Webber, and James E. Young.
Contributors are David Chidester, James H. Foard, Roger Friedland, Richard D. Hecht, Juan A. Herrero Brasas, Janet Liebman Jacobs, Flora A. Keshgegian, J. Shawn Landres, Edward T. Linenthal, Timothy Longman, Tania Oldenhage, Michelene E. Pesantubbee, Terry Rey, William Robert, Theoneste Rutagengwa, Oren Baruch Stier, Jonathan Webber, and James E. Young.
Reviews / Votes
"What I like about this book is its cross-disciplinary approach-scholars in religious studies, sociology, history, anthropology, and political science as well as in African, Caribbean, Jewish, and Native American studies, examine the religious memorialization of violent acts linked to those sites. . . I liked this book very much.Nov. 2008"-Contemporary SociologyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Adult education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
26 b&w photos, 1 maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-21864-3 (9780253218643)
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Persons
Oren Baruch Stier is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Judaic Studies Program at Florida International University. He is author of Committed to Memory: Cultural Mediations of the Holocaust.
J. Shawn Landres is director of research at Synagogue 3000 and a visiting research fellow at UCLA's Center for Jewish Studies. He is co-editor of After The Passion Is Gone: American Religious Consequences and Personal Knowledge and Beyond: Reshaping the Ethnography of Religion.
J. Shawn Landres is director of research at Synagogue 3000 and a visiting research fellow at UCLA's Center for Jewish Studies. He is co-editor of After The Passion Is Gone: American Religious Consequences and Personal Knowledge and Beyond: Reshaping the Ethnography of Religion.
Content
Acknowledgments
IntroductionJ. Shawn Landres and Oren Baruch Stier
Part 1. The Place of Memory: Theoretical Perspectives
1. The Powers of PlaceRoger Friedland and Richard D. Hecht
2. Witnessing the Archive: In MourningWilliam Robert
3. Memory, Religion, and Conflict at Auschwitz: A ManifestoJonathan Webber
Part 2. Practicing Memory: Ritual Perspectives
4. Wounded Knee: Site of Resistance and RecoveryMichelene E. Pesantubbee
5. Walking the Way of the Cross: German Places, Church Traditions, and Holocaust MemoriesTania Oldenhage
6. Finding a Place Past Night: Armenian Genocidal Memory in DiasporaFlora A. Keshgegian
Part 3. The Spatial Ethics and Politics of Memory
7. Vehicles of Memory: The Enola Gay and the Streetcars of HiroshimaJames H. Foard
8. Religion, Memory, and Violence in RwandaTimothy Longman and Theoneste Rutagengwa
9. In the Name of Mary: Sacred Space, Sacred Property, and Absolution of Past SinsJuan A. Herrero Brasas
10. Remembering Genocide: Gender Representation and the Objectification of Jewish Women at MajdanekJanet Liebman Jacobs
Part 4. Constructing Memory in the Contemporary World
11. Indigenous Traditions, Alien Abductions: Creolized and Globalized Memory in South AfricaDavid Chidester
12. Vodou, Water, and Exile: Symbolizing Spirit and Pain in Port-au-PrinceTerry Rey
13. The Stages of Memory at Ground ZeroJames E. Young
Postscript: A Grim Geography of RemembranceEdward T. Linenthal
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
IntroductionJ. Shawn Landres and Oren Baruch Stier
Part 1. The Place of Memory: Theoretical Perspectives
1. The Powers of PlaceRoger Friedland and Richard D. Hecht
2. Witnessing the Archive: In MourningWilliam Robert
3. Memory, Religion, and Conflict at Auschwitz: A ManifestoJonathan Webber
Part 2. Practicing Memory: Ritual Perspectives
4. Wounded Knee: Site of Resistance and RecoveryMichelene E. Pesantubbee
5. Walking the Way of the Cross: German Places, Church Traditions, and Holocaust MemoriesTania Oldenhage
6. Finding a Place Past Night: Armenian Genocidal Memory in DiasporaFlora A. Keshgegian
Part 3. The Spatial Ethics and Politics of Memory
7. Vehicles of Memory: The Enola Gay and the Streetcars of HiroshimaJames H. Foard
8. Religion, Memory, and Violence in RwandaTimothy Longman and Theoneste Rutagengwa
9. In the Name of Mary: Sacred Space, Sacred Property, and Absolution of Past SinsJuan A. Herrero Brasas
10. Remembering Genocide: Gender Representation and the Objectification of Jewish Women at MajdanekJanet Liebman Jacobs
Part 4. Constructing Memory in the Contemporary World
11. Indigenous Traditions, Alien Abductions: Creolized and Globalized Memory in South AfricaDavid Chidester
12. Vodou, Water, and Exile: Symbolizing Spirit and Pain in Port-au-PrinceTerry Rey
13. The Stages of Memory at Ground ZeroJames E. Young
Postscript: A Grim Geography of RemembranceEdward T. Linenthal
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index