Chapter
Ways of Understanding Violence and Nonviolence
Semantic bleaching of jihad
Jihad as struggle with the inner self
Martyrdom or extremism? Misrepresentations of the prophetic example
Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence
Resources from the Qur’an and the Hadith
Nonviolence: A principle or a means?
The Qur’an and nonviolence: The challenge ahead
Nonviolent Activism: Key Muslim Figures
Muslim Scholar-Activists and Their Contributions
Muslim Peacemaking and Civil Rights Organizations/Resources
Chapter 2 Christianity: From Peacemaking to Violence and Home Again
Jesus, Nonviolence, and Peacemaking
Jesus the nonviolent compassion of God
A Brief History of Christian Nonviolence and Violence
Nationalism and Christianity
The twentieth century: War of slaughter
Peace through Nonviolence
Addressing Christianity’s institutional violence
Chapter 3 Jewish Ideologies of Peace and Peacemaking
Jewish Terms for Peace and Peacemaking
War and Peace in the Hebrew Scriptures
Pacifism in the Rabbinic Tradition
Conclusions and Future Prospects
3.2 A Native American Response
Chapter 4 From Sincerity of Thought to Peace “All Under Heaven”(Tianxia 天下): The Confucian Stance on Peace and Violence
Introduction to Confucianism
Violence from/toward a state: War
Violence from the state: Penal punishment
Violence from private individuals: Vengeance, suicide and self-inflicted harm
Chapter 5 “Peace is the Strongest Force in the World”: Buddhist Paths to Peacemaking and Nonviolence
Theravada (speech of the elders)
Vajrayana (the diamond vehicle)
Historical Development of the Meanings of Peace, Nonviolence, and War
Moral Teachings Regarding Violence and Nonviolence
History of Buddhism’s Responses to Violence
Permissible violence and restrictions on its use
Emerging Innovative Peacemaking Practices
Conclusions: What in Buddhism Provides the Means for Nonviolent Peacemaking?
Early Buddhism and Theravada
Socially Engaged Buddhism
Buddhist Peacemaking Organizations and Resources
5.2 A Native American Response
Chapter 6 Peacemaking and Nonviolence in the Hindu Tradition
Introduction to the Hindu tradition
Peace, War, and Nonviolence
Hinduism’s Response to Violence
Permissible violence and restrictions
Animal sacrifice as violence
Traditional Methods of Conflict Resolution
The panchayat or local council
Mohandas K. Gandhi and the Satyagraha Movement
Practices and Disciplines that Contribute to Peacemaking
Hindu Peace Groups and Organizations
The Vivekananda Kendra (center)
The Sarvodaya and Gandhian Ashrams
Innovative and Emerging Peacemaking Practices
The Art of Living Foundation
The Jana Satyagraha movement
Hindu Saints and Seminal Thinkers
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (d. 1886)
Swami Vivekanada (d. 1902)
Sri Ramana Maharishi (d. 1950)
Swami Dayananda (d. 1883)
Saint Ramalingar (d. 1874)
Rabindranath Tagore (d. 1941)
Aurobindo Ghosh (d. 1950)
Pandurang Shastri Athavale (d. 2003)
Hindu Peace Organizations
Chapter 7 The Irrelevance of euro-christian Dichotomies for Indigenous Peoples: Beyond Nonviolence to a Vision of Cosmic Balance
Balance as Reciprocal Dualism
Nonviolence as Incompatible
World Incommensurability: the Dissimilitude of Otherness
Relationship = Less Extraneous Violence
Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions
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