num_pages: 520
description: Frost (Swarthmore College) has written widely about peace and Quakers. Here he compiles perspectives from the major world religions on war and peace for general readers who are not specialists in the history of religions, the evolution of wars, the relationship between the two, but are interested in how faith communities in the past dealt with issues similar to those in effect now. In addition, he says particular chapters could be used in undergraduate courses and seminars. This first volume covers the origins of the ideas in the five religions, and Euro-American traditions through the 19th century. The two volumes are paged together, and the index and bibliography for both are contained in each. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: History of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim, Perspectives on War and Peace: The Bible to 1914
titlecomplete: History of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim, Perspectives on War and Peace: The Bible to 1914 (Studies in Religion and Society)
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr