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Author:   Margo Kitts (Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.840kg
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9781108835442

ISBN 10:   1108835449
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   11 May 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction: exploring religion and war Margo Kitts; Part I. Classical Foundations: 1. Biblical paradigms for war in history and eschatology John Collins; 2. Early Christianity and war Paul Middleton; 3. Fighting and martial valor in Islamic thought Asma Afsaruddin; 4. Hinduism and war Kaushik Roy; 5. The Buddha in the ring of fire: the Buddhist ethics of warfare Stephen Jenkins; 6. Sikhism: exploring the notion of a righteous war (Dharam Yudh) Pashaura Singh; 7. Religion and war in traditional China Barend ter Haar; 8. Buddhism and war in premodern Japan Brian A. Victoria; Part II. Just War: 9. Judaism and the ethics of war Reuven Kimelman; 10. Just war in Christian thought, from the age of Augustine through the Early Modern period James Turner Johnson; 11. Islam and the just war tradition: post-classical developments David Cook; 12. Is there a Hindu just war? Torkel Brekke; 13. Buddhist just war traditions Kristin Scheible; Part III. Religious Nationalism: 14. War in religious zionism Robert Eisen; 15. Christian nationalism and millennialism in the United States Angela M. Lahr; 16. The elusive dream of pan-Islamism Mohammed M. Hafez; 17. Killing for the Hindu nation: Hindu nationalism and its violent excesses Kathinka Frøystad; 18. Nationalism, violence and war in Myanmar's Theravāda Buddhist context Matthew J. Walton; Part IV. Featured Conflicts: 19. Christian crusading, ritual, and liturgy M. Cecilia Gaposchkin; 20. A paradigm of righteous Jihād in the Muslim ethos Osman Latiff; 21. Fierce Goddesses of India: Durga and Kali June McDaniel; 22. The demonological framework of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace Barend ter Haar; 23. War outside the state: religious communities, martiality and state formation in Early Modern South Asia Anne Murphy.

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'This comprehensive Companion offers short, scholarly surveys with bibliographies for each section. There are many areas of interest which people may wish to follow up.' Church Times

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Margo Kitts is Professor and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai'i Pacific University. She is the author and editor of ten books, most recently Sacrifice: Themes, Theories, and Controversies (2022) and Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice and Self-Immolation: Religious Perspectives on Suicide (2018).

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