Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions - Softcover

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1887917020 ISBN 13: 9781887917025

Publisher: Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, 1998

Synopsis

The nine authors whose essays appear in the newly published Subverting Hatred investigate the theme of nonviolence in the sacred texts, the oral teachings, and the traditions of major world religions. They throw the spotlight on the mixed messages and conflicting testimony that emerge from this study and underscore one of the central questions for religious individuals everywhere: Does my faith have a fundamental message about nonviolence? If it does, what behavior must I follow if I take seriously the message I receive?

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From the Publisher

What commonalties would we find among the world's major religious traditions if we focused on the subject of nonviolence? Would we find a straightforward, unambiguous uniformity among the spiritual teachings? Would we find some justification for aggression? Would we find exhortations to violence in some religious traditions and not in others? Would there be surprises in the textual interpretations of some international scholars as they assessed their religious traditions?

About the Author

Christopher Key Chapple is a professor of theological studies and director of Asian and Pacific studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Christoher S. Queen is lecturer on the study of religion and dean of students for continuing education in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University.

Tam Wai Lun is an assistant professor in the Department of Religion at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Yajneshwar S. Shastri is chair of the Department of Philosophy and associate professor at the School of Psychology, Education, and Philosophy at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India.

Dr. Sunanda Shastri is assistant professor in Sanskrit in the Department of Sanskrit of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.

Rabia Terri Harris is founder and coordinator of the Muslim Peace Fellowship (MPF), the only organization presently devoted to the consideration and development of Islamic nonviolence.

Jerry Milgrom is founder and executive director of Clergy for Peace and associate director of and consultant to Rabbis for Human Rights.

Dr. Daniel L. Smith-Christopher is associate professor of theological studies and director of the Peace Studies Program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Donald K. Swearer is the Charles and Harriet Cox McDowell Professor of Religion at Swarthmore College where he teaches courses in Asian and comparative religions and is a member of the Asian Studies and Environmental Studies Programs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Boston Research Center for the 21st Century
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1887917020
• ISBN 13: 9781887917025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 177