What
the group has been reading:- Curing
Violence, edited by Mark I. Wallace and Theophus H. Smith, Polebridge Press,
1994
- How
the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate, Catherine
Wessinger, Seven Bridges Press, 2000
- Human
Rights and the Conflict of Cultures: Western and Islamic Perspectives on Religious
Liberty, David Little, John Kelsay, and Abdulaziz A. Sachedina, University
of South Carolina Press, 1988
- Religion,
Order, and Law: A Study in Pre-Revolutionary England, David Little, Harper
& Row, 1969
- Shots
in the Streets: Violence and Religion in South Africa, David Chidester, Beacon
Press, 1991
- Terror
in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, Mark Juergensmeyer,
University of California Press, 2000
| The
Meaning and End of Religious Conflict: A Departmental Teaching and Learning Initiative
Purpose
of the Project: To
learn and to teach as a department about the origins, meaning, and consequences
of conflict shaped and fueled by religious traditions, and to develop new ways
of teaching and learning about religious conflict within larger educational contexts--including
our campus, other educational institutions (in Atlanta and nationwide), and community-based
organizations. Project
Directors: The Working Group on Religion and Conflict |