Exercising power : the role of religions in concord and conflict : based on papers read at the Symposium on Exercising Power: the Role of Religions in Concord and Conflict held at Åbo, Finland, on 17-19 August 2005 / edited by Tore Ahlbäck ; editorial assistant: Björn Dahla.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis ; 19Publication details: Åbo : Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History ; Stockholm : Distributed by Almqvist & Wiksell International, [2006]Description: 430 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789521218118
  • 9521218118
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291.17873 Ah47e
LOC classification:
  • BL65.S62 S96 2005
Contents:
- In God's name. Practicing unconditional love to death / Eileen Barker (pp. 11-25)
- Power play. Ritual rivalry and targeted tradition in Glastonbury / Marion Bowman (pp. 26-37)
- Bhaktivedanta Swami's rhetoric of violence / Måns Broo (pp. 38-50)
- They bewitched the generator. State power and religious authority at the New Year's festival in Makunduchi, Zanzibar / Magnus Echtler (pp. 51-68)
- Tension as taboo. Albania's self-image as haven of religious tolerance / Cecilie Endresen (pp. 69-76)
- Warriors of Buddhism. Buddhism and violence as seen from a Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhist perspective / Christina Gillberg (pp. 77-92)
- Conflict and concord on the Internet: selvet.dk / Olav Hammer (pp. 93-107)
- The Alevi and questions of identity, including violence and insider/outsider perspectives / Tina Hamrin-Dahl (pp. 108-125)
- Love, responsibility, otherness. Finnish church leaders on interreligious dialogue / Ruth Illman (pp. 126-148)
- Negotiating reproduction. Religion, gender and sexuality in political conflicts / Lise Kanckos (pp. 149-159)
- Religion, values and knowledge-power in contemporary secular spaces. The case of an English medical centre / Kim Knott (pp. 160-181)
- 'What shall I do? The more I kill the greater becomes their number' The suppression of Anabaptism in early sixteenth century / Margot Kottelin-Longley (pp. 182-192)
- Liberating the Temple Mount. Apocalyptic tendencies among Jewish Temple activists / Maria Leppäkari (193-212)
- From Artaxerxes to Abu Ghraib. On religion and the pornography of imperial violence / Bruce Lincoln (pp. 213-241)
- Religion and violence against nature / Lois Ann Lorentzen (pp. 242-255)
- Religion in the Yugoslav conflicts. Post-war perspectives / Christian Moe (pp. 256-275)
- Radical Israeli settlers. Ultimate concerns, political goals and violence / Jonathan Peste (pp. 276-294)
- Social conflict and sacrificial rhetoric. Luther's discursive intervention and the religious division of labor / Christopher Roberts (pp. 295-311)
- The political suspension of ethics. Proposals for a historical study of reversal of values in a situation of martial conflict in Lanka / Peter Schalk (pp. 312-321)
- Conflicts and violence as structuring metaphors of the Santo Daime, a religious and environmental movement in the Brazilian Amazon / Titti Schmidt (pp. 322-338)
- Religion and the Rwandan genocide / Gerard Van 't Spijker (pp. 339-357)
- Hüseyin Nail Kubali and Durkheim's"Professional Ethics and Civic Morals" / Ivan Strenski (pp. 358-373)
Defining religion, defying tradition? Concord and conflict about the role of religion in a Costa Rican indigenous community / Bjørn Ola Tafjord (pp. 374-392)
- New religious movements and their perception as conflict religious groups. The case of the Czech Republic / David Václavík (pp. 393-403)
- Charisma, volatility and violence. Assessing the role of crises of charismatic authority in precipitating incidents of millenarian violence / John Walliss (pp. 404-424)

Includes bibliographical references.

- In God's name. Practicing unconditional love to death / Eileen Barker (pp. 11-25)

- Power play. Ritual rivalry and targeted tradition in Glastonbury / Marion Bowman (pp. 26-37)

- Bhaktivedanta Swami's rhetoric of violence / Måns Broo (pp. 38-50)

- They bewitched the generator. State power and religious authority at the New Year's festival in Makunduchi, Zanzibar / Magnus Echtler (pp. 51-68)

- Tension as taboo. Albania's self-image as haven of religious tolerance / Cecilie Endresen (pp. 69-76)

- Warriors of Buddhism. Buddhism and violence as seen from a Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhist perspective / Christina Gillberg (pp. 77-92)

- Conflict and concord on the Internet: selvet.dk / Olav Hammer (pp. 93-107)

- The Alevi and questions of identity, including violence and insider/outsider perspectives / Tina Hamrin-Dahl (pp. 108-125)

- Love, responsibility, otherness. Finnish church leaders on interreligious dialogue / Ruth Illman (pp. 126-148)

- Negotiating reproduction. Religion, gender and sexuality in political conflicts / Lise Kanckos (pp. 149-159)

- Religion, values and knowledge-power in contemporary secular spaces. The case of an English medical centre / Kim Knott (pp. 160-181)

- 'What shall I do? The more I kill the greater becomes their number' The suppression of Anabaptism in early sixteenth century / Margot Kottelin-Longley (pp. 182-192)

- Liberating the Temple Mount. Apocalyptic tendencies among Jewish Temple activists / Maria Leppäkari (193-212)

- From Artaxerxes to Abu Ghraib. On religion and the pornography of imperial violence / Bruce Lincoln (pp. 213-241)

- Religion and violence against nature / Lois Ann Lorentzen (pp. 242-255)

- Religion in the Yugoslav conflicts. Post-war perspectives / Christian Moe (pp. 256-275)

- Radical Israeli settlers. Ultimate concerns, political goals and violence / Jonathan Peste (pp. 276-294)

- Social conflict and sacrificial rhetoric. Luther's discursive intervention and the religious division of labor / Christopher Roberts (pp. 295-311)

- The political suspension of ethics. Proposals for a historical study of reversal of values in a situation of martial conflict in Lanka / Peter Schalk (pp. 312-321)

- Conflicts and violence as structuring metaphors of the Santo Daime, a religious and environmental movement in the Brazilian Amazon / Titti Schmidt (pp. 322-338)

- Religion and the Rwandan genocide / Gerard Van 't Spijker (pp. 339-357)

- Hüseyin Nail Kubali and Durkheim's"Professional Ethics and Civic Morals" / Ivan Strenski (pp. 358-373)

Defining religion, defying tradition? Concord and conflict about the role of religion in a Costa Rican indigenous community / Bjørn Ola Tafjord (pp. 374-392)

- New religious movements and their perception as conflict religious groups. The case of the Czech Republic / David Václavík (pp. 393-403)

- Charisma, volatility and violence. Assessing the role of crises of charismatic authority in precipitating incidents of millenarian violence / John Walliss (pp. 404-424)

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