Religion and Violence

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Religion and Violence: Christian and Muslim Theological and Pedagogical Reflections

   • Marcia Hermansen

   Pages 5-14

3. Religion and Violence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. The Drama Triangle of Religion and Violence

      • R. Ruard Ganzevoort

      Pages 17-29

   3. Violence vs. Religion

      • Ferid Muhic

      Pages 31-40

   4. Violence and Religion: A Complex Relationship

      • Wolfgang Palaver

      Pages 41-54

   5. The Integration of Muslims and the Charlie Hebdo Attacks

      • Claude Dargent

      Pages 55-71

   6. Eastern Orthodox Perspectives on Violence

      • Emil Bjørn Hilton Saggau

      Pages 73-91

   7. Embracing the Other: Lessons from History and Contemporary Christian Thought

      • Kostake Milkov

      Pages 93-110

4. Islam and Violence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. The Theological Background of Violence in Islam

      • Ednan Aslan

      Pages 113-130

   3. Civil Disobedience in Islamic Politico-Legal Theory: A Challenging Balance between Justice and Stability

      • Osman Taştan

      Pages 131-146

   4. Muslim Theologians of Nonviolence

      • Marcia Hermansen

      Pages 147-162

   5. The Sunna of Fighting: Background, Dimensions, Scope, and Consequences

      • Ulvi Karagedik

      Pages 163-176

   6. Women’s Entitlement to Autonomy in Islam and Related Controversies Surrounding Verse 4:34

      • Ranja Ebrahim

      Pages 177-194

   7. Responding to the Marrakesh Declaration with a United States Declaration

      • Jason Renken

      Pages 195-203

5. Religious Educationand the Challenge of Violence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205

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   2. Against Religiously Motivated Violence

      • Friedrich Schweitzer

      Pages 207-225

   3. Violence as a Challenge for Religious Education, Psychological, Theological, and Educational Perspectives

      • Martin Rothgangel

      Pages 227-242

   4. Journeying into a Peaceful Islam: A Worldview Framework Approach

      • John Valk, Mualla Selçuk

      Pages 243-263

In this volume, the authors attempt to speak freely about the potential in religions both for violence and peace. I am confident that many impulses from this work will also impact the direction of churches and other religious communities, such that religions, all together, will try to mobilize the members of their communities to actively contribute to world peace. In this way, religions will be perceived as part of the solution for world peace, enabling them to move beyond the stigma of their damaged reputations.

• radicalisation
• Peace
• Islam
• crime
• Charlie Hebdo
• Muslim Theologians
• Sunna
• Marrakesh Declaration
• Religious Education
• religion and society
• violence and crime

• Institut für Islamische Studien, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

  Ednan Aslan

• Loyola University Chicago , Chicago, USA

  Marcia Hermansen

Ednan Aslan is the Chair of Islamic Theological studies at the University of Vienna where he is a Professor for Islamic Education. 

Marcia Hermansen is Director of Islamic World Studies at Loyola University Chicago where she is a Professor in the Theology Department.

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