{"product_id":"violence-the-worlds-religious-traditions-paperback-1","title":"Violence \u0026 the World's Religious Traditions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Juergensmeyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMargo Kitts\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Jerryson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold War have shown a noticeable shift in patterns of religious extremism, accentuating the uncomfortable, complex, and oft-misunderstood relationship between religion and violence. The essays in this succinct new volume examine that relationship by offering a well-rounded look at violence as it appears in the world's most prominent religious traditions, exploring Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, African, and Pacific Island texts and practices. \u003cbr\u003e The essays in \u003cem\u003eViolence and the World's Religious Traditions\u003c\/em\u003e explore the ways in which specific religions have justified acts of destruction, in history, in scripture, and in the contemporary world. But the collection also offers an investigation of religious symbols and practices, shedding new light on the very nature of religion and confronting the question of how deeply intertwined are violence and faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Juergensmeyer\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, Kundan Kaur Kapany Chair of Global and Sikh Studies, and Fellow and Founding Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author or editor of over twenty books, including \u003cem\u003eTerror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGod in the Tumult of the Global Square\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargo Kitts\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Humanities and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai'i Pacific University in Honolulu. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eSanctified Violence in Homeric Society \u003c\/em\u003e(2005, 2011) and over thirty articles on Homer, the ancient Near East, ritual, and violence. She is coeditor of \u003cem\u003eState, Power, and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e (vol. 3 of Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual, 2010) and, with Mark Juergensmeyer, \u003cem\u003ePrinceton Readings in Religion and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). She also co-edits the\u003cem\u003e Journal of Religion and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Jerryson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eMongolian Buddhism: The Rise and Fall of the Sangha\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), \u003cem\u003eBuddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand \u003c\/em\u003e(2011), coeditor with Mark Juergensmeyer of \u003cem\u003eBuddhist Warfare\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), and editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism\u003c\/em\u003e (2016). He also co-edits the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Religion and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562094956640,"sku":"9780190649661","price":91.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/LzM0eGlESml6NHhhcW04bnVEbG02Zz09.webp?v=1770339329","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/violence-the-worlds-religious-traditions-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}