1st Edition
Nonviolence in the World’s Religions A Concise Introduction
List of figures
List of contributors
Introduction
Mark Juergensmeyer
1. Hinduism and Nonviolence
Jeffery D. Long
2. Jainism and Nonviolence
Brianne Donaldson
3. Buddhism and Nonviolence
Stephen L. Jenkins
4. Sikhi and Nonviolence
Cynthia Keppley Mahmood and María Teresa Milán Bernícola
5. Judaism and Nonviolence
Aaron J. Hahn Tapper and Ilana Sumka
6. Christianity and Nonviolence
Gerald W. Schlabach
7. Islam and Nonviolence
Mohammed Abu-Nimer and S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
8. Religion and Nonviolence in Pacific Island Societies
Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart
Index
Biography
Jeffery D. Long is the Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religious Studies at Elizabethtown College, USA. He is the author of A Vision for Hinduism, Jainism: An Introduction, The Historical Dictionary of Hinduism, Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds, and the forthcoming Indian Philosophy: An Introduction. Long is also the editor of the Lexington Books series Explorations in Indic Traditions: Ethical, Philosophical, and Theological.
Michael G. Long is the author and editor of more than a dozen books on nonviolence, civil rights, politics, and religion, including We the Resistance: Documenting Our History of Nonviolent Protest and Christian Peace and Nonviolence.
