/ edited by Steven Leonard Jacobs ; Marc I. Sherman, bibliographic editor; Institute on the Holocast and Genocide Jerusalem , Israel.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Lanham, MD :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Lexington Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 350 p. ;
Dimensions
23 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Religion. Human Rights
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction: Genocide in the name of God : thoughts on religion and genocide / Steven Leonard Jacobs - Textual warrants for genocide - Theological warrants for genocide : Judaism, Islam, and Christianity / Leo Kuper - The last uncomfortable religious question? : monotheistic exclusivism and textual superiority in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as sources of hate and genocide / Steven Leonard Jacobs - A sweet-smelling sacrifice : genocide, the Bible, and the indigenous peoples of the United States, selected examples / Chris Mato Nunpa - The accountability of religion in genocide / James Frazer Moore - More than the Jews - his blood be upon all the children : biblical violence, genocide, and responsible reading / Gary A. Phillips - Religion and mass violence : empirical data and case studies- Religion and genocide / Leonard B. Glick - Jihad and genocide : the case of the Armenians / Richard L. Rubenstein -- Islam and genocide : the case of Bangladesh in 1971 / Mohammad Omar Farooq - The genocidal twentieth century in the Balkans / Paul Mojzes - "Death was everywhere, even in front of the church" : Christian faith and the Rwandan genocide / Stephen R. Haynes - Alternative readings of troubling texts : religion as a force against violence - Getting rid of the G-d of Abraham : a prerequisite for genocide / David Patterson - The Ten commandments, the Holocaust, and reflections on genocide / Paul R. Bartrop - Coming to terms with Amalek : testing the limits of hospitality / Henry F. Knight - Theologies and practices of reconciliation - Post-Shoah restitution of a different kind / John K. Roth - The Holocaust, genocide, and the Catholic Church / Donald J. Dietrich - Catholic views on Holocaust and genocide : a critical appraisal / John T. Pawlikowski - Terror out of zion : making sense of scriptural teaching / Zev Garber - Rape, religion, and genocide : an unholy silence / Carol Rittner.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Genocide - Religious aspects - History.
Rape - Religious aspects - History.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HV6322
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7
Book number
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C654
2009
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Jacobs, Steven L.,1947-
CORPORATE BODY NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Israel. Institute on the Holocast and Genocide Jerusalem .