Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Margo Kitts is Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai'i Pacific University in Honolulu.Michael Jerryson is Professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University.

The nine essays of this volume give a thought-provoking overview on this topic... They engage the topics in a way that is accessible, inspirational, and challenging to people familiar with the religions, as well as those beginning to learn about religions.

• Introduction"The Enduring Relationship of Religion and Violence" Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts and Michael Jerryson 1. Hinduism "Violence and Nonviolence at the Heart of Hindu Ethics" Veena Das 2. Buddhism"Buddhist Traditions and Violence" Michael Jerryson 3. Sikhism "Sikhs and Violence" Cynthia Keppley Mahmood 4. Judaism "Religion and Violence in the Jewish Tradition"Ron Hassner and Gideon Aran 5. Christianity "Religion and Violence in Christianity"Lloyd Steffen 6. Islam "Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence"Bruce Lawrence 7. Africa "African Traditional Religion and Violence"Nathalie Wlodarczyk 8. Pacific Islands "Religion and Violence in Pacific Island Societies"Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart 9. China "Mutual Tolerance, State Persecution, and Martial Divinities in Chinese Religion" Meir Shahar AuthorsIndex

Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Margo Kitts is Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai'i Pacific University in Honolulu.Michael Jerryson is Professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University.

The nine essays of this volume give a thought-provoking overview on this topic... They engage the topics in a way that is accessible, inspirational, and challenging to people familiar with the religions, as well as those beginning to learn about religions.

• Introduction"The Enduring Relationship of Religion and Violence" Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts and Michael Jerryson 1. Hinduism "Violence and Nonviolence at the Heart of Hindu Ethics" Veena Das 2. Buddhism"Buddhist Traditions and Violence" Michael Jerryson 3. Sikhism "Sikhs and Violence" Cynthia Keppley Mahmood 4. Judaism "Religion and Violence in the Jewish Tradition"Ron Hassner and Gideon Aran 5. Christianity "Religion and Violence in Christianity"Lloyd Steffen 6. Islam "Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence"Bruce Lawrence 7. Africa "African Traditional Religion and Violence"Nathalie Wlodarczyk 8. Pacific Islands "Religion and Violence in Pacific Island Societies"Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart 9. China "Mutual Tolerance, State Persecution, and Martial Divinities in Chinese Religion" Meir Shahar AuthorsIndex

Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Margo Kitts is Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai'i Pacific University in Honolulu.Michael Jerryson is Professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University.

The nine essays of this volume give a thought-provoking overview on this topic... They engage the topics in a way that is accessible, inspirational, and challenging to people familiar with the religions, as well as those beginning to learn about religions.

• Introduction"The Enduring Relationship of Religion and Violence" Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts and Michael Jerryson 1. Hinduism "Violence and Nonviolence at the Heart of Hindu Ethics" Veena Das 2. Buddhism"Buddhist Traditions and Violence" Michael Jerryson 3. Sikhism "Sikhs and Violence" Cynthia Keppley Mahmood 4. Judaism "Religion and Violence in the Jewish Tradition"Ron Hassner and Gideon Aran 5. Christianity "Religion and Violence in Christianity"Lloyd Steffen 6. Islam "Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence"Bruce Lawrence 7. Africa "African Traditional Religion and Violence"Nathalie Wlodarczyk 8. Pacific Islands "Religion and Violence in Pacific Island Societies"Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart 9. China "Mutual Tolerance, State Persecution, and Martial Divinities in Chinese Religion" Meir Shahar AuthorsIndex