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Why God Needs War and War Needs God

Mark Juergensmeyer

For decades, Mark Juergensmeyer has been studying the rise of religious violence around the world, including groups like ISIS and Christian militias that have been involved in acts of terrorism. Over the years he came to realize that war is the central image in the...

Violence and the World's Religious Traditions

Michael Jerryson , Mark Juergensmeyer , Margo Kitts

Is religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold War have shown a noticeable shift in patterns of religious extremism, accentuating the uncomfortable, complex, and...

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence

Michael Jerryson , Mark Juergensmeyer , Margo Kitts

Violence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism. The Oxford Handbook of Religion andViolence surveys intersections between religion and violence throughout...

Rethinking Secularism

Craig Calhoun , Mark Juergensmeyer , Jonathan Vanantwerpen

This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most...

Legality and Legitimacy in Global Affairs

Richard Falk , Mark Juergensmeyer , Vesselin Popovski

Buddhist Warfare

Michael Jerryson , Mark Juergensmeyer

Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leaders have sanctioned violence, and even war. The eight essays in this book focus on a variety of Buddhist traditions, from...

The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions

Mark Juergensmeyer

This is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. It is organized into six sections corresponding to the major living...

Religion in Global Civil Society

Mark Juergensmeyer

The extraordinary changes in world society at the beginning of the 21st century have involved religion to a degree that would have amazed earlier observers of modernity. Within the past decade religion has been associated with some of the world's most strident forms of...

Global Religions

Mark Juergensmeyer

Can Islam be located on a map? Is Europe the center of the Christian world? Is India a Hindu nation? While decades ago these questions were often answered in the affirmative, the truth has never been that simple. Not only are adherents of particular faiths spread across...

Global Religions

Mark Juergensmeyer

Can Islam be located on a map? Is Europe the center of the Christian world? Is India a Hindu nation? While decades ago these questions were often answered in the affirmative, the truth has never been that simple. Not only are adherents of particular faiths spread across...