Confronting genocide
Subtitle: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
By: [edited by] Steven Leonard Jacobs.
Contributors: Jacobs, Steven L., 1947-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780739135884; 9780739135891; 9780739135907
Subjects: Genocide -- Religious aspects -- History; Rape -- Religious aspects -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Genocide in the name of God : thoughts on religion and genocide / Steven Leonard Jacobs; title: Textual warrants for genocide; title: Theological warrants for genocide / Leo Kuper; title: The last uncomfortable religious question : monotheistic exclusivism and textual superiority in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as sources of hate and genocide / Steven Leonard Jacobs; title: A sweet-smelling sacrifice : genocide, the Bible, and the indigenous peoples of the United States, selected examples / Chris Mato Nunpa; title: The accountability of religion in genocide / James Frazer Moore; title: More than the Jews: his blood be upon all the children : biblical violence, bosnian genocide, and responsible reading / Gary A. Phillips; title: Religion and mass violence : empirical data and case studies; title: Religion and genocide / Leonard B. Glick; title: Jihad and genocide : the case of the Armenians / Richard L. Rubenstein; title: Islam and genocide : the case of Bangladesh in 1971 / Mohammad Omar Farooq; title: The genocidal twentieth century in the Balkans / Paul Mojzes; title: Death was everywhere, even in front of the church : Christian faith and the Rwandan genocide / Stephen R. Haynes; title: Alternative readings of troubling texts : religion as a force against violence; title: Getting rid of the God of Abraham : a prerequisite for genocide / David Patterson; title: The Ten commandments, the Holocaust, and reflections on genocide / Paul R. Bartrop; title: Coming to terms with Amalek : testing the limits of hospitality / Henry F. Knight; title: Theologies and practices of reconciliation; title: Post-Shoah restitution of a different kind / John K. Roth; title: The Holocaust, genocide, and the Catholic Church / Donald J. Dietrich; title: Catholic perspectives on Holocaust and genocide : critical appraisal / John T. Pawlikowski; title: Terror out of zion : making sense of scriptural teaching / Zev Garber; title: Rape, religion, and genocide : an unholy silence / Carol Rittner.