The destructive power of religion: violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

v. 1. Sacred scriptures, ideology, and violence. The zeal of Phinehas, the Bible, and the legitimation of violence / John J. Collins ; Seeds of violence in biblical interpretation / Charles T. Davis III ; "The Bible made me do it" : text, interpretation, and violence / D. Andrew Kille ; Scenes of sex and violence in the Old Testament / Simon John De Vries ; Human sacrifice in the Old Testament : in ritual and warfare / Simon John De Vries ; The disarmament of God / Jack Miles ; Abraham and Isaac : the sacrifical impulse / Donald Capps ; The evolution of a Pauline toxic text / Charles T. Davis III ; Retribution and agency in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the teaching of Jesus / Mark Adam Elliott ; The Qurán, Muhammad, and jihad in context / Charles T. Davis III ; Religious metaphors can kill / J. Harold Ellens

v. 2. Religion, psychology, and violence. Violent religion : René Girard's theory of culture / Mack C. Stirling ; Judaism, Christianity, and Girard : the violent messiahs / Cheryl McGuire ; The dynamics of prejudice / J. Harold Ellens ; Violence, prejudice, and religion : a reflection on the ancient Near East ; Edmund S. Meltzer ; The historical Jesus as a justification for terror / Charles T. Davis III ; Revenge and religion / Zenon Lotufo Jr. and J. Cássio Martins ; Hell hath no fury : God, language, and Lacan / Ilona N. Rashkow ; Splitting and violence in the New Testament : psychoanalytic approaches to the revelation of John and the letters of Paul / Johan S. Vos ; Legion : a violent soul in a violent society (Mark 5:1-20) / Michael Willett Newheart ; Reflections of a psychoanalyst on the dynamic bond between religion and violence / Cassandra M. Klyman ; Destructive and constructive religion in relation to shame and terror / Jack T. Hanford ; The role of self-justification in violence / LeRoy H. Aden ; Religion and violence : from pawn to scapegoat / Paul N. Anderson

v. 3. Models and cases of violence in religion. The violent Jesus / J. Harold Ellens ; Jihad in the Qurâan, then and now ; The rape(s) of Dinah (Gen.34) : false religion and excess in revenge ; The Cain-Abel syndrome : in theory and in history ; Augustine : the vicious cycle of child abuse ; Terrorizing the self to save the soul : the destructive power of legalistic Christianity ; Imposed shame : the origin of violence and worthlessness ; Hell, martyrdom, and war : ÝÜ 19 [5] 505 0 violence in early Christianity ; Secondary violence : adding injury to insult ; The myth of redemptive violence

v. 4. Contemporary views on spirituality and violence. The crusade pogroms : Christian holy war on the home front ; Genocide or Jesus : a God of conquest or pacificism? ; Beyond just war and pacifism : Jesus' nonviolent way ; God does not require obedience, he abhors it! ; Reflections on monotheism and violence ; Fundamentalism, orthodoxy, and violence ; Posture as a metaphor for Biblical spirituality ; The myth of redemptive violence or the myth of redemptive love ; Violence and Christ : God's crisis and ours ; Psychoreligious roots of violence : the search for the concrete in a world of abstractions ; The lasting effects of childhood trauma ; Revenge, justice, and hope : Laura Blumenfeld's journey.