ABSTRACT
September 11 and the subsequent War on Terror continues to cast a long shadow over the world. Religion, Terror and Violence brings together a group of distinguished scholars from a range of backgrounds and disciplines to explore the claim that acts of violence – most spectacularly the attack of September 11, 2001 and the international reaction to it – were intimately linked to cultural and social authorizing processes that could be called 'religious.'
This book provides a nuanced but incisive insight into the reaction of the discipline of religious studies to the post 9/11 world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |10 pages
Introduction
part |28 pages
Explanatory approaches to violence and religion
part |62 pages
Rhetorical reflections
chapter 5|15 pages
The tricks and treats of classification
part |26 pages
Theological reflections
part |72 pages
Historical and social reflections
part |52 pages
Pedagogical and professional reflections
chapter 15|20 pages
Teaching Islam through and after September 11
part |20 pages
Aesthetic reflections
part |14 pages
Concluding reflections