Confronting Genocide : Judaism Christianity Islam

Introduction: Genocide In The Name Of God: Thoughts On Religion And Genocide
Steven Leonard Jacobs

Part I. Textual Warrants For Genocide

1. Theological Warrants For Genocide
Leo Kuper
2. The Last Uncomfortable Religious Question? Monotheistic Exclusivism And Textual Superiority In Judaism, Christianity, And Islam As Sources Of Hate And Genocide
Steven Leonard Jacobs
3. A Sweet-Smelling Sacrifice: Genocide, The Bible, And The Indigenous Peoples Of The United States, Selected Examples
Chris Mato Nunpa
4. The Accountability Of Religion In Genocide
James Frazier Moore
5. More Than The Jews: His Blood Be Upon All The Children: Biblical Violence, Bosnian Genocide, And Responsible Reading
Gary A. Phillips

Part II. Religion And Mass Violence: Empirical Data And Case Studies

6. Religion And Genocide
Leonard B. Glick
7. Jihad And Genocide: The Case Of The Armenians
Richard L. Rubenstein
8. Islam And Genocide: The Case Of Bangladesh In 1971
Mohammad Omar Farooq
9. The Genocidal Twentieth Century In The Balkans
Paul Mojzes
10. “Death Was Everywhere, Even In Front Of The Church”: Christian Faith And The Rwandan Genocide
Stephen R. Haynes

Part III. Alternative Readings Of Troubling Texts: Religion As A Force Against Violence

11. Getting Rid Of The G-d Of Abraham: A Prerequisite For Genocide
David Patterson
12. The Ten Commandments, The Holocaust, And Reflections On Genocide
Paul R. Bartrop
13. Coming To Terms With Amalek: Testing The Limits Of Hospitality
Henry F. Knight

Part IV. Theologies And Practices Of Reconciliation

14. Post-Shoah Restitution Of A Different Kind
John K. Roth
15. The Holocaust, Genocide, And The Catholic Church
Donald J. Dietrich
16. Catholic Perspectives On Holocaust And Genocide: Critical Appraisal
John T. Pawlikowski
17. Terror Out Of Zion: Making Sense Of Scriptural Teaching
Zev Garber
18. Rape, Religion, And Genocide: An Unholy Silence
Carol Rittner

Additional Info
Confronting Genocide: Judaism, Christianity, Islam is the first collection of essays by recognized scholars primarily in the field of religious studies to address this timely topic. In addition to theoretical thinking about both religion and genocide and the relationship between the two, these authors look at the tragedies of the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, Rwanda, Bosnia, and the Sudan from their own unique vantage point. In so doing, they supply a much needed additional contribution to the ongoing conversations proffered by historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, and legal scholars regarding prevention, intervention, and punishment.