The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings
together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who
provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex
relationships between religion and violence. This companion tackles one
of the most important topics in the field of Religion in the
twenty-first century, pulling together a unique collection of
cutting-edge work. A focused collection of high-quality scholarship
provides readers with a state-of-the-art account of the latest work in
this field.
The contributors are broad-ranging, international, and
interdisciplinary, and include historians, political scientists,
religious studies scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, theologians,
scholars of women's and gender studies and communication.