The Religious in Responses to Mass Atrocity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Thomas Brudholm (University of Copenhagen) Thomas Cushman (Wellesley College, Massachusetts)

The Religious in Responses to Mass Atrocity

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Thomas Brudholm (University of Copenhagen), Thomas Cushman (Wellesley College, Massachusetts)

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Cambridge University Press
21 November 2013

Comparative religion; Religion & politics; Religious social & pastoral thought & activity; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

A peculiar and fascinating aspect of many responses to mass atrocities is the creative and eclectic use of religious language and frameworks. Some crimes are so extreme that they 'cry out to heaven', drawing people to employ religious vocabulary to make meaning of and to judge what happened, to deal with questions of guilt and responsibility, and to re-establish hope and trust in their lives. Moreover, in recent years, religious actors have become increasingly influential in worldwide contexts of conflict-resolution and transitional justice. This collection offers a critical assessment of the possibilities and problems pertaining to attempts to bring religious - or semi-religious - allegiances and perspectives to bear in responses to the mass atrocities of our time: When and how can religious language or religious beliefs and practices be either necessary or helpful? And what are the problems and reasons for caution or critique? In this book, a group of distinguished scholars explore these questions and offer a range of original explanatory and normative perspectives.

Edited by: Thomas Brudholm (University of Copenhagen), Thomas Cushman (Wellesley College, Massachusetts)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781107624757
ISBN 10: 1107624754
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 21 November 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Brudholm was educated at the University of Copenhagen and has his PhD in philosophy. Brudholm has received several national research grants and has been visiting scholar at prestigious research institutes in Denmark and abroad, including CERI/Sciences Po (Paris). He has edited several books, and, in 2008, he published Resentment's Virtue: Jean Améry and the Refusal to Forgive. He has contributed articles to the Journal of Human Rights, the Hedgehog Review, Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History, and (forthcoming) Law and Contemporary Problems. Thomas Cushman is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Wellesley College. He is the author and editor of many books on topics ranging from counterculture in Russia, genocide, George Orwell, human rights, and the war in Iraq. He is the founder and was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Human Rights. He is a Faculty Associate of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University and has been visiting professor at Brandeis University, University of London, and the University of the Witwatersrand. His current work focuses on the idea of 'democratic geopolitics.'

Reviews for The Religious in Responses to Mass Atrocity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

With essays of tremendous depth and thoughtfulness, this volume adds significantly to the contemporary conversation about religion and violence. Highly recommended. --Choice