European Wars of Religion

Harriet Rudolph is Professor of Modern History (Early Modern Times) at the University of Regensburg, Germany. Wolfgang Palaver is Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Dean of the School of Catholic Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. From 2007 to 2011 he was president of the 'Colloquium on Violence and Religion'. Dietmar Regensburger is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

• ContentsIntroductionWolfgang Palaver, Harriet Rudolph, and Dietmar RegensburgerPart I Historical Approaches1 Religion and Violence in the Hussite WarsPavel Soukup2 Religion, War, and Violence in the Swiss ConfederationThomas Lau3 Were the French Wars of Religion Really Wars of Religion?Philip Benedict4 Religious Wars in the Holy Roman Empire? From the Schmalkaldic War to the Thirty Years WarHarriet Rudolph5 England’s Wars of Religion: A ReassessmentCharles W. A. Prior6 Justifying Force in Early Modern Doctrines on Self-defence and ResistanceLuise Schorn-SchüttePart II Approaches from Philosophy and Theology7 Secularization of the Holy: A Reading of the ‘Wars of Religion’William T. Cavanaugh8 The Modern State or the Myth of ‘Political Violence’Paul Dumouchel9 The Modern Military–Humanitarian Hybrid State: A Response to Paul DumouchelBruce Ward10 Confessional Wars and Religious Violence in Christianity from a Theological ViewpointRalf Miggelbrink11 Religion and Violence: The Case of Wars in the Former YugoslaviaJanez Juhant12 The Debate About the European Wars of Religion as a Challenge to Interdisciplinary CooperationWolfgang PalaverIndex