Hoover Dennis - The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security

The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security breaks new ground by addressing global security through the lens of religion and examining the role religion plays in both war and peace.

In recent years there has been a considerable upsurge of public concern about the role of religion in violence. However, other than historical materials, there has been a relative neglect of the subject of religion and security. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security fills this gap in the literature by providing an interdisciplinary, comprehensive volume that helps nonspecialists and experts alike understand how religion is both part of the problem and part of the solution to security challenges. Featuring contributions from many of the key thinkers in the field, the Handbook is organized into thematic sections, reflective of three basic questions:

• What does religion think of security?
• What does security think of religion?
• What happens when the two are mixed in specific real-world cases of religious conflict?

This Handbook offers analyses of how nine different world religions have related to issues of war and peace, theologically and practically; overviews of how scholars and practitioners in nine different topical areas of security studies have (or have not) dealt with the relationship between religion and security; and five case studies of particular countries in which the religionsecurity nexus is vividly illustrated: Nigeria, India, Israel, the former Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

This Handbook will be of great interest to students of religion, security studies, war and conflict studies, and international relations in general.

Chris Seiple is President of the Institute for Global Engagement, a research, education, and diplomatic institution in Washington, DC, that builds sustainable religious freedom worldwide through local partnerships. He is a frequent media commentator and speaker on religion and security, and is co-author with H. Knox Thames and Amy Rowe of International Religious Freedom Advocacy (2009).

Dennis R. Hoover is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Institute for Global Engagement and Editor of The Review of Faith & International Affairs . He is co-editor with Douglas Johnston of Religion and Foreign Affairs: Essential Readings (2012).

Pauletta Otis is Professor of Security Studies at Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA. A prolific author and speaker on religion and security, she has served as a member of the Defense Intelligence Advisory Board and in numerous other advisory positions in U.S. national security.

THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND SECURITY

Edited by Chris Seiple, Dennis R. Hoover and Pauletta Otis

First published 2013
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The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security / edited by Chris Seiple, Dennis R. Hoover, And Pauletta Otis.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-415-66744-9 -- ISBN 978-0-203-10231-2 (e-book) 1. Security, International--Religious aspects. 2. Religion and international relations. 3. Violence--Religious aspects. I. Seiple, Chris. II. Hoover, Dennis. III. Otis, Pauletta, 1942-BL65.S375R68 2013
201.727--dc23
2012006766

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