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Title Teaching religion and violence / [edited by] Brian K. Pennington
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 351 pages)
Series AAR teaching religious studies series
AAR teaching religious studies.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; PART ONE: Traditions; 1. Striking the Delicate Balance: Teaching Violence and Hinduism; 2. "A Time for War and a Time for Peace": Teaching Religion and Violence in the Jewish Tradition; 3. Teaching Buddhism and Violence; 4. Violence and Religion in the Christian Tradition; 5. Confronting Misoislamia: Teaching Religion and Violence in Courses on Islam; 6. The Specter of Violence in Sikh Pasts; PART TWO: Approaches; 7. Cities of Gold: Teaching Religion and Violence through "Sacred" Space
8. Believing is Seeing: Teaching Religion and Violence in Film9. Teaching Religion, Violence, and Pop Culture; 10. Religion, Violence, and Politics in the United States; 11. M.K. Gandhi: A Postcolonial Voice; 12. Teaching the Just War Tradition; 13. Understanding the Nature of Our Offense: A Dialogue on the Twenty-First-Century Study of Religion for Use in the Classroom; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Summary This title is designed to help instructors to equip students to think critically about religious violence, particularly in the multicultural classroom
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Violence -- Religious aspects -- Study and teaching
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Religion - General.
Form Electronic book
Author Pennington, Brian K. (Brian Kemble)
ISBN 0199949611
9780199949618
9780199707058
0199707057