Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-278) and index. Volume of collected papers, revised for publication, from the symposium "Redeeming the Past and Building the Future: Confronting Religious Violence with a Counter Narrative," which met in London, January 28-30, 2017.
Contents:
Concluding reflections / Jonathan Sacks. (Re-)reading the New Testament in the light of sibling rivalry : some hermeneutical implications for today / Richard A. Burridge -- Open religion and its enemies / Guy G. Stroumsa -- Radical encounters : climate change and religious conflict in Africa / Eliza Griswold -- Empathy as policy in the age of hatred / Amineh A. Hoti -- Devoted actors in an age of rage : social science on the ISIS front line and elsewhere / Scott Atran -- Religious freedom and human flourishing / Robert P. George -- Compassionate reason : the most important cultural and religious capacity for a peaceful future / Marc Gopin -- The superorganism concept and human groups : implications for confronting religious violence / David Sloan Wilson -- Monotheism, nationalism, violence : twenty-five theses / Miroslav Volf -- Countering religious, moral, and political hate-preaching : a culture of mercy and freedom against the barbarism of hate / Michael Welker -- Between urgency and understanding : practical imperatives in theological education / William Storrar -- Concluding reflections / Jonathan Sacks.
Summary:
"Twelve international experts from a variety of theological, philosophical, and scientific fields address the issue of religious violence in today's world"--Jacket.
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