The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War

ISBN-13: 9781108835442 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Margo Kitts

Opis

Religious zeal has supported war since ancient times. This volume offer carefully nuanced and historically grounded discussions of eight classical religious foundations for war, five just war theories, five accounts of religious nationalism, and five foci on featured conflicts. The introduction summarizes the field as well as the chapters.

Recenzje

'This comprehensive Companion offers short, scholarly surveys with bibliographies for each section. There are many areas of interest which people may wish to follow up.' Church Times

Spis treści

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.