Books Available for Review

Against the World. Gregory Davis. World Ahead Publishing, 2006.

America, Amerikka: Elect Nation and Imperial Violence. Rosemary Radford Ruether. Equinox Publishing, 2007.

American Crescent. Imam Sayyid Hassan Al-Qazwini. Random House, 2007.

America’s Battle for God: A European Christian Looks at Civil Religion. Geiko Müller- Fahrenholz. Eerdmans, 2007.

Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy. Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, and David L. Weaver-Zercher. Jossey-Bass, 2007.

Apocalyptic Faith and Political Violence: Prophets of Terror. James F. Rinehart. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Being Benevolence: Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism. Sallie King. University of Hawaii Press, 2006.

Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence Across Time and Tradition. James Wellman. Rowman and Littlefield, 2007.

Beyond War: The Human Potential for Peace. Douglas P. Fry. Oxford University Press, 2007.

Buddhist Exploration of Peace and Justice. Chanju Mun and Ronald S. Green, eds. Blue Pine Books, 2006.

Buddhism and Peace: Theory and Practice. Chanju Mun. Blue Pine Books, 2006.

Building Peace, Overcoming Violence in Communities. Mary Yoder Holsopple, Ruth Krall and Sharon Weaver Pittman. World Council of Churches, Switzerland, 2004.

Buying Freedom: The Ethics and Economics of Slave Redemption. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Martin Bunzl, eds. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2007.

Christians and a Land Called Holy: How We Can Foster Justice, Peace, and Hope. Charles Lutz and Robert O. Smith. Fortress Press, 2006.

Conflict Across Cultures: A Unique Experience of Difference. Michelle Labaron and Venashri Pillay. Intercultural Press, 2006.

The Critical Classroom: Education for Liberation and Movement Building. Walda Katz- Fishman, Rose Brewer, and Lisa Albrecht. Project Soputh (www.projectsouth.org). Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J. Harold Ellens Praeger Publishers. 2007.

The Elephant in the Room: Religious Extremism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Christian Lingenfelder. Ft. Belvoir Defense Technical Information Center, 2006.

Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope. Brian D. McClaren. Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007. Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence. Victor Avalos. Prometheus Books, 2005. (Reviewed Fall 2007)

Fractured Land, Healing Nations: A Contextual Analysis of the Role of Religious Faith. Sodalities Towards Peace-Building in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Stephen R. Goodwin. Peter Lang Publishing, 2006.

The Future of Peace and Justice in the Global Village: The Role of the World Religions in the Twenty-first Century. Thomas R. McFaul. Praeger, 2006.

Gods in the Global Village: The World’s Religions in Sociological Perspective. Lester R. Kurtz Pine Forge Press, 2006.

Globalization and Identity: Cultural Diversity, Religion, and Citizenship. Majid Tehranian and B. Lan. Transaction Publishers, 2006.

Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World. Ken Beller and Heather Chase. Sedona, Ariz.: LTS Press. “Holy War” and Gender: Violence in Religious Discourses. Christina von Braun. Lit (Berlin), 2006.

Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough To Remember Its Misdeeds. Donald Shriver. Oxford University Press, 2005.

How to Cure a Fanatic. Amos Oz. University of Princeton Press, 2006.

Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny. Amartya Sen and Henry Louis Gates. W. W. Norton, 2006. (Reviewed Fall 2007)

The Lessons of Nonviolence: Theory and Practice in a World of Conflict. Tom H. Hastings. McFarland and Company, 2006. (Reviewed Fall 2007)

Liberty and Power: A Dialogue on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy in an Unjust World. E.J. Dionne, Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Kayla Drogosz, eds. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2004.

Memory and Violence in the Middle East and North Africa. Ussama Makdisi and Paul A. Silverstein. Indiana University Press (2006).

The Mighty and the Almighty. Madeleine Albright. Harper Perennial, 2007.

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time. Karen Armstrong. HarperCollins, 2007.

A Murder in Lemberg: Politics, Religion, and Violence in Modern Jewish History. Michael Stanislawski, Princeton University Press, 2006.

Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution: The Challenge of Democratic Federalism in Nigeria. John Paden. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2005.

Not on Our Watch. Don Cheadle and John Prendergast. Hyperion, 2007

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Jimmy Carter. Simon and Schuster, 2007.

Peace, Justice, and Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition. Edited by Stefan Merken andMurray Polner. Bunim & Bannigan, 2007.

Peacemakers in Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution. Edited by David Little with Tanenbaum. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

People Power: Fifty Peacemakers and Their Communities. Michel True. Rawat Publications, 2007. (Reviewed Fall 2007)

The Politics of Past Evil: Religion, Reconciliation, and the Dilemmas of Transitional Justice. Daniel Philpott. University of Notre Dame, 2006.

Religion of Peace?: Islam’s War Practicing Peace in Times of War: A Buddhist Perspective. Pema Chodron. Shambhala Publications, 2006.

Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence (Jews, Christians, Muslims from the Ancient World). Elliott Horowitz. Princeton University Press, 2006.

Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia: Disrupting Violence. Linell Elizabeth Cady and Sheldon W. Simon. Routledge, 2007.

Religion and Violence: Critical Concepts in Sociology. Johannes Wolfhart and Brad Verter. Routledge, forthcoming in 2008.

Religion and Violence in a Secular World. Clayton Crockett, ed. University of Virginia Press, 2006.

Religion and Violence in South Asia. John Hinnells. Routledge, 2006.

Religion and World Conflict. Ted Hodges. Lucent Books, 2007.

Religion, Terrorism, and Globalization Nonviolence: A New Agenda. K. K. Kuriakose. Nova Science Publishers, 2006.

Religion, Violence, Memory, and Place. Oren Baruch Stier and J. Shawn Landres, eds. Indiana University Press, 2006. (Reviewed Fall 2007)

Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia. John Thayer Sidel. Cornell University Press, 2006.

South Asian Cooperation and the Role of the Punjabs. Tridivesh Singh Maini. Siddharth Publications. New Delhi.

Spiritual and Political Dimensions of Nonviolence and Peace. David Boersema and Katy Gray Brown. Editions Rodopi BV, 2006.

Sudan: Race, Religion, and Violence. Jok Madut Jok. Oneworld Publishers, 2007.

Toward a Theory of Human Rights: Religion, Law, Courts. Michael J. Perry. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Tradition. James Wellman. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2006.

Understanding World Religions: A Road Map for Justice and Peace. David Smith. Rowman and Littlefield, 2007.

The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map. Ursula M. Franklin. Between the Lines Books, 2006.

A Violent God-image: An Introduction to the Work of Eugen Drewermann. Matthias Beier Continuum (London), 2006.

War, Terror & Peace in the Qur’an and in Islam: Insights for Military and Government Leaders. T. P. Schwartz-Barcott, preface by Gen. Anthony C. Zinni. Army War College Foundation Press, 2004.

Weep not for Your Children: Essays on Religion and Violence. Lisa Isherwood. Equinox, 2007.

When Religion Becomes Evil. Charles Kimball. HarperOne. New edition forthcoming.