TY  - BOOK
AU  - Renard,John
TI  - Fighting words: religion, violence, and the interpretation of sacred texts 
SN  - 9780520954083
AV  - BL65 .F544 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Berkeley, Calif.
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Violence
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Sacred books
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Religions
KW  - Relations
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 1. Exegesis and Violence : Texts, Contexts, and Hermeneutical Concerns --; 2. A Brief History of War in the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish Interpretive Tradition --; 3. Annihilate Amalek : Christian Perspectives on 1 Samuel 15 --; 4. Violence in the New Testament and the History of Interpretation --; 5. Finhas of Medina: Islam, "The Jews," and the Construction of Religious Militancy --; 6. The Baha'i Tradition : The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination --; 7. Justifiable Force and Holy War in Zoroastrianism --; 8. The Failure of Allegory : Notes on Textual Violence and the Bhagavad Gita --; 9. Words as Weapons : Theory and Practice of a Righteous War (Dharam Yudh) in Sikh Texts; 2; b
N2  - One of the critical issues in interreligious relations today is the connection, both actual and perceived, between sacred sources and the justification of violent acts as divinely mandated. Fighting Words makes solid text-based scholarship accessible to the general public, beginning with the premise that a balanced approach to religious pluralism in our world must build on a measured, well-informed response to the increasingly publicized and sensationalized association of terrorism and large-scale violence with religion. In his introduction, Renard provides background on the major scrip
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