• Contributors


• Introduction by Brian K. Pennington


• Part One: Traditions


• Chapter One: Striking the Delicate Balance: Teaching Hinduism and Violence by Brian K. Pennington


• Chapter Two: ''A Time for War and a Time for Peace'': Teaching Religion and Violence in the Jewish Tradition by Michael Dobkowski


• Chapter Three: Teaching Buddhism and Violence by Brian Victoria


• Chapter Four: Violence and Religion in the Christian Tradition by William Morrow


• Chapter Five: Confronting Misoislamia: Teaching Religion and Violence in Courses on Islam by Amir Hussain


• Chapter Six: The Specter of Violence in Sikh Pasts by Anne Murphy


• Part Two: Approaches


• Chapter Seven: Cities of Gold: Teaching Religion and Violence through ''Sacred Space'' by Aaron W. Hughes


• Chapter Eight: Believing Is Seeing: Teaching Religion and Violence in Film by Ken Derry


• Chapter Nine: Teaching Religion, Violence, and Pop Culture by Randal Cummings


• Chapter Ten: Religion, Violence, and Politics in the United States by Jason C. Bivins


• Chapter Eleven: M. K. Gandhi: A Post-colonial Voice by Paul Younger


• Chapter Twelve: Teaching the Just War Tradition by William French


• Chapter Thirteen: Understanding the Nature of Our Offense: A Dialogue on the Twenty-First-Century Study of Religion for Use in the Classroom by Laurie L. Patton and Jeffrey J. Kripal

Brian K. Pennington is Associate Professor of Religion at Maryville College.

Teaching Religion and Violence is designed to help instructors to equip students to think critically about religious violence, particularly in the multicultural classroom.