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Religious zeal has supported war since ancient times. This volume offer carefully nuanced and historically grounded discussions of eight classical religious foundations for war, five just war theories, five accounts of religious nationalism, and five foci on featured conflicts. The introduction summarizes the field as well as the chapters.

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This Companion offers a global, comparative history of the interplay between religion and war from ancient times to the present. Moving beyond sensationalist theories that seek to explain why 'religion causes war,' the volume takes a thoughtful look at the connection between religion and war through a variety of lenses - historical, literary, and sociological-as well as the particular features of religious war. The twenty-three carefully nuanced and historically grounded chapters comprehensively examine the religious foundations for war, classical just war doctrines, sociological accounts of religious nationalism, and featured conflicts that illustrate interdisciplinary expressions of the intertwining of religion and war. Written by a distinguished, international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned for this volume, The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of the history and sociology of religion and war, as well as other disciplines.

Author Biography

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).

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 Theravda Buddhist context Matthew J. Walton; Part IV. Featured Conflicts: 19. Christian crusading, ritual, and liturgy M. Cecilia Gaposchkin; 20. A paradigm of righteous Jihd 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.

Review

'The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War serves as a welcome correction of common misperceptions of religion and war that mistakenly assume the separability of the two.' Jean E. Rosenfeld, Nova Religio'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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Why is religion intertwined with war and violence? These chapters offer nuanced discussions of the key histories and themes.

Details ISBN1108793436 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1108793436 ISBN-13 9781108793438 Format Paperback Pages 425 Author Margo Kitts Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises AU Release Date 2023-05-11 NZ Release Date 2023-05-11 Publication Date 2023-05-11 UK Release Date 2023-05-11 Series Cambridge Companions to Religion Alternative 9781108835442 Edited by Margo Kitts DEWEY 201.7273 Audience General We've got this

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