Violence and Peace in Sacred Texts: Interreligious Perspectives – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783031178030, 3031178033, 9783031178047, 3031178041

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 3031178041
• ISBN-13: 9783031178047
• Author: Maria Power, Helen Paynter

This volume brings together 11 experts from a range of religious backgrounds, to consider how each tradition has interpreted matters of violence and peace in relation to its sacred text. The traditions covered are Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Sikhism. The role of religion in conflict, war, and the creation of peaceful settlements has attracted much academic attention, including considerations of the interpretation of violence in sacred texts. This collection breaks new ground by bringing multiple faiths into conversation with one another with specific regard to the handling of violence and peace in sacred texts. This combination of close attention to text and expansive scope of religious inclusion is the first of its kind.

Table contents:

1. Introduction to the Volume
2. Violence and Peace in the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa
3. Spectres of Violence and Landscapes of Peace: Imagining the Religious Other in Patterns of Hindu Modernity
4. Jewish Interpretations of Biblical Violence
5. A Hermeneutic of Violence in Jewish Legal Sources: The Case of the Kippah
6. Buddhism and the Dilemma of Whether to Use Violence in Defence of a Way of Peace
7. Apologists and Appropriators: Protestant Christian Reckoning with Biblical Violence
8. Roman Catholic Teachings on Violence and Peace: The Credible Re-enactment of the Kingdom
9. Interpretations of Qurʾānic Violence in Shīʿī Islam
10. Sacralized Violence in Sufism
11. The Predicament of the Sant-Sipahi (Saint-Soldier): Sanctioned Violence and Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition
12. Experiences with Violence: Studying Sacred Text in Interreligious Dialogue

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