Gods and Arms

R. Scott Appleby - Professor of History and John M. Regan Jr. Director, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USAGöran Gunner - Researcher at Church of Sweden Research Unit, Associate Professor in Christianity and Interreligious Studies, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenMariyahl Hoole - Research Associate, National Peace Council, Colombo, Sri LankaMark Juergensmeyer - Professor of Sociology and Director of The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USAAnne N. Kubai - Associate Professor and Researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenKjell-Åke Nordquist - Visiting Professor, Stockholm School of Theology, Stockholm, Sweden and Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenJehan Perera - Doctor of Law, Executive Director, National Peace Council, Colombo, Sri LankaJennifer Schirmer - PhD, Research Professor and Projects Director, Conflict Analysis & Peace Dialogues, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayNari Senanayake - Research Associate, National Peace Council, Colombo, Sri LankaMaria Småberg - PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

this is a pertinent, timely and short book on a crucial contemporary issue.

• ContributorsPreface1 Religion, Fundamentalism, and Conflict - R. Scott Appleby2 Religion in the Global Jihadi War - Mark Juergensmeyer3 Apocalyptic Speculations and the War of Armageddon - Göran Gunner4 "It Was the Work of Satan": Perpetrators Rationalize the Atrocities of the Rwanda Genocide - Anne N. Kubai5 In Search of Grace: Religion and the ELN - Jennifer Schirmer6 Religion, Conflict, and Peace-Building: The Case of Sri Lanka - Mariyahl Hoole, Nari Senanayake, and Jehan Perera7 "Peacemakers" from the "Bridge Church": The Anglican Church as A Third Party in Palestine 1920-1948 - Maria Småberg8 Linking War and Religion: Some Observations - Kjell-Åke Nordquist