This Companion offers a global, comparative history of the interplay between religion and war from ancient times to the present. Moving beyond sensationalist theories that seek to explain why 'religion causes war,' the volume takes a thoughtful look at the connection between religion and war through a variety of lenses - historical, literary, and sociological-as well as the particular features of religious war. The twenty-three carefully nuanced and historically grounded chapters comprehensively examine the religious foundations for war, classical just war doctrines, sociological accounts of religious nationalism, and featured conflicts that illustrate interdisciplinary expressions of the intertwining of religion and war. Written by a distinguished, international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned for this volume, The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of the history and sociology of religion and war, as well as other disciplines.
Edited by:
Margo Kitts (Hawai'i Pacific University Honolulu)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 267g
ISBN: 9781108793438
ISBN 10: 1108793436
Series: Cambridge Companions to Religion
Pages: 425
Publication Date: 11 May 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: exploring religion and war Margo Kitts; Part I. Classical Foundations: 1. Biblical paradigms for war in history and eschatology John Collins; 2. Early Christianity and war Paul Middleton; 3. Fighting and martial valor in Islamic thought Asma Afsaruddin; 4. Hinduism and war Kaushik Roy; 5. The Buddha in the ring of fire: the Buddhist ethics of warfare Stephen Jenkins; 6. Sikhism: exploring the notion of a righteous war (Dharam Yudh) Pashaura Singh; 7. Religion and war in traditional China Barend ter Haar; 8. Buddhism and war in premodern Japan Brian A. Victoria; Part II. Just War: 9. Judaism and the ethics of war Reuven Kimelman; 10. Just war in Christian thought, from the age of Augustine through the Early Modern period James Turner Johnson; 11. Islam and the just war tradition: post-classical developments David Cook; 12. Is there a Hindu just war? Torkel Brekke; 13. Buddhist just war traditions Kristin Scheible; Part III. Religious Nationalism: 14. War in religious zionism Robert Eisen; 15. Christian nationalism and millennialism in the United States Angela M. Lahr; 16. The elusive dream of pan-Islamism Mohammed M. Hafez; 17. Killing for the Hindu nation: Hindu nationalism and its violent excesses Kathinka Frøystad; 18. Nationalism, violence and war in Myanmar's Theravāda Buddhist context Matthew J. Walton; Part IV. Featured Conflicts: 19. Christian crusading, ritual, and liturgy M. Cecilia Gaposchkin; 20. A paradigm of righteous Jihād in the Muslim ethos Osman Latiff; 21. Fierce Goddesses of India: Durga and Kali June McDaniel; 22. The demonological framework of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace Barend ter Haar; 23. War outside the state: religious communities, martiality and state formation in Early Modern South Asia Anne Murphy.
Margo Kitts is Professor and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai'i Pacific University. She is the author and editor of ten books, most recently Sacrifice: Themes, Theories, and Controversies (2022) and Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice and Self-Immolation: Religious Perspectives on Suicide (2018).
