Confronting Genocide
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Lexington Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. May 2009
350 pages
978-0-7391-3590-7 (ISBN)
Description
Confronting Genocide: Judaism, Christianity, Islam is the first collection of essays by recognized scholars primarily in the field of religious studies to address this timely topic. In addition to theoretical thinking about both religion and genocide and the relationship between the two, these authors look at the tragedies of the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, Rwanda, Bosnia, and the Sudan from their own unique vantage point. In so doing, they supply a much needed additional contribution to the ongoing conversations proffered by historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, and legal scholars regarding prevention, intervention, and punishment.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-3590-7 (9780739135907)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
07/2009
Lexington Books
€57.50
Shipment within 10-20 days
Book
07/2009
Lexington Books
€141.50
Article exhausted; check different version
Persons
Content
- Intro
- Confronting Genocide
- Contents
- Introduction: Genocide in the Name of God: Thoughts on Religion and Genocide
- Part I: TEXTUAL WARRANTSFOR GENOCIDE
- Chapter 01: Theological Warrants for Genocide: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
- Chapter 02: The Last Uncomfortable Religious Question? Monotheistic Exclusivism and Textual Superiority in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as Sources of Hate and Genocide
- Chapter 03: A Sweet-Smelling Sacrifice: Genocide, the Bible, and the Indigenous Peoples of the United States, Selected Examples
- Chapter 04: The Accountability of Religion in Genocide
- Chapter 05: More Than the Jews . . . His Blood Be Upon All the Children: Biblical Violence, Genocide, and Responsible Reading
- Part II: RELIGION AND MASS VIOLENCE: EMPIRICAL DATA AND CASE STUDIES
- Chapter 06: Religion and Genocide
- Chapter 07: Jihad and Genocide: The Case of the Armenians
- Chapter 08: Islam and Genocide: The Case of Bangladesh in 1971
- Chapter 09: The Genocidal Twentieth Century in the Balkans
- Chapter 10: "Death Was Everywhere, Even in Front of the Church": Christian Faith and the Rwandan Genocide
- Part III: ALTERNATIVE READINGS OF TROUBLING TEXTS: RELIGION AS A FORCE AGAINST VIOLENCE
- Chapter 11: Getting Rid of the G-d of Abraham: A Prerequisite for Genocide
- Chapter 12: The Ten Commandments, the Holocaust, and Reflections on Genocide
- Chapter 13: Coming to Terms with Amalek: Testing the Limits of Hospitality
- Part IV: THEOLOGIES AND PRACTICES OF RECONCILIATION
- Chapter 14: Post-Shoah Restitution of a Different Kind
- Chapter 15: The Holocaust, Genocide, and the Catholic Church
- Chapter 16: Catholic Views on the Holocaust and Genocide: A Critical Appraisal
- Chapter 17: Terror Out of Zion: Making Sense of Scriptural Teaching
- Chapter 18: Rape, Religion, and Genocide: An Unholy Silence
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- The United Nations Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (1968)
- Index
- Contributors
