Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Why Is Religion Violent and Violence Religious? 1
5. Part I. Religious Justifications for Violence
6. Introduction to Part I 7
7. 1. Kautilya 13
8. 2. Sun Tzu 17
9. 3. The Bhagavad Gita 20
10. 4. Soho Takuan 25
11. 5. The Hebrew Bible 30
12. 6. The Qur’an 35
13. 7. Thomas Aquinas 41
14. 8. Reinhold Niebuhr 45
15. 9. Michael Bray 55
16. 10. Abd al-Salam Faraj 62
17. 11. Meir Kahane 69
18. 12. Shoko Asahara 75
19. 13. 9/11 Conspirator 82
20. Part II. Understanding the Religious Role in Violence
21. Introduction to Part II 93
22. 14. Émile Durkheim 100
23. 15. Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss 108
24. 16. Sigmund Freud 115
25. 17. René Girard 127
26. 18. Walter Burkert 141
27. 19. Maurice Bloch 152
28. 20. Georges Bataille 167
29. 21. Karl Marx 174
30. 22. Nancy Jay 178
31. 23. Elaine Scarry 190
32. 24. Jean Baudrillard 201
33. 25. Ashis Nandy 210
34. Closing Comments: The Connection between War and Sacrifice 217
35. Selected Bibliography 223
36. Permissions 229
37. About the Editors 231
38. Index 233