Violence and peace in sacred texts : interreligious perspectives /: interreligious perspectives. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Maria Power, Helen Paynter.
• Editors: Power, Maria; Paynter, Helen
• Contents: Chapter One: Buddhism and the dilemma of whether to use violence in defence of a way of peace Professor (Emeritus) Peter Harvey, University of Sunderland Chapter Two: Violence and Peace in the Mahbharata and Ramayana Dr Simon Brodbeck, University of Cardiff Chapter Three: Spectres of Violence and Landscapes of Peace: imagining the religious other in patterns of Hindu modernity Dr Ankur Barua, University of Cambridge Chapter Four: Should Judaism Condone Violence? Professor Alan Mittleman, Jewish Theological Seminary Chapter Five: A Hermeneutic of Violence in Jewish Legal SourcesDr Laliv Clenman, Leo Baeck College Chapter Six: Subversion and Polyphony in Christian ScriptureRevd Dr Helen Paynter, Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, Bristol Baptist CollegeChapter Seven: The Essential Recovery of the Bible in Catholic Teachings on Violence and PeaceDr Maria Power, University of Oxford Chapter Eight: 'Fear and Trembling': a historical and phenomenological reading of the Muhammad-Event as Eschaton Dr Milad Milani, Western Sydney University Chapter Nine: Sources of Peace in Islam: Between theory and practiceProfessor Mohammed Abunimer, American University Chapter Ten: The Predicament of the Sant-Sipahi (Saint-Soldier): Theorising Violence in, and Beyond, the Sikh Tradition Professor James Hegarty, University of Cardiff Chapter Eleven: Text as Dialogue: Dialogue as Text Dr Alisha Pomazon, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewn.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 201.76332; Violence -- Religious aspects; Peace -- Religious aspects; Sacred books -- Comparative studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031178047
• Related ISBNs: 9783031178030
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