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"Among the Nonbelievers: The Tedium of Dogmatic Atheism"
A review of Sam Harris' book, The End of Faith, by Chris Lehmann.
http://www.reason.com/0501/cr.cl.among.shtml
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Colloquium on Violence and Religion [conference papers]
Links to a significant number of talks given at COVR conferences in recent years.
http://theol.uibk.ac.at/cover/events/
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Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
"The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University promotes interdisciplinary research and education on the dynamics of religion and conflict with the aim of advancing knowledge, seeking solutions and informing policy. By serving as a research hub that fosters exchange and collaboration across the university as well as with its broader publics—local, national, and global—the Center fosters innovative and engaged thinking on matters of enormous importance to us all."
http://www.asu.edu/csrc/
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Imitation, Mimetic Theory, and Religious & Cultural Evolution
"Sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, the Metanexus Institute, and the Travis Research Institute of Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, this two year project brings together some of the world’s most prominent scientists, philosophers, and religious scholars in an attempt to explore current theories of human imitation and their converging implications for contemporary psychosocial, religious, and scientific thought."
http://www.mimetictheory.org/
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Bellinger, Charles K.
Prof. Bellinger teaches at Brite Divinity School.
http://lib.tcu.edu/staff/bellinger/cbhome.htm
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Juergensmeyer, Mark
Prof. Juergensmeyer teaches at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
http://www.global.ucsb.edu/faculty/juergensmeyer.html
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Free Muslims Coalition
"The Free Muslims Coalition is a nonprofit organization made up of American Muslims and Arabs of all backgrounds who feel that religious violence and terrorism have not been fully rejected by the Muslim community in the post 9-11 era. The Free Muslims was created to eliminate broad base support for Islamic extremism and terrorism and to strengthen secular democratic institutions in the Middle East and the Muslim World by supporting Islamic reformation efforts. The Free Muslims promotes a modern secular interpretation of Islam which is peace-loving, democracy-loving and compatible with other faiths and beliefs. The Free Muslims' efforts are unique; it is the only mainstream American-Muslim organization willing to attack extremism and terrorism unambiguously."
http://www.freemuslims.org/
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"From Bhindranwale to Bin Laden: The Rise of Religious Violence"
An essay by Mark Juergensmeyer.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=gis
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Contexts of Religion and Violence (Supp. Series 2)
A collection of essays, appended to the Journal of Religion and Society.
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/toc/2007SS.html
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Middle East Media Research Institute
"The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) explores the Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East."
http://www.memri.org/
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Christianity and Antisemitism Bibliography
Edited by Charles Bellinger.
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/article2.aspx?id=12561
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Charles Taylor on Religion and Violence
This page provides the outline of a Taylor lecture and links to audio versions of it.
http://www.goodreads.ca/lectures/taylor/rel_violence04.html
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"Koranic Duels Ease Terror"
An article about a Yemeni cleric who uses dialogue to persuade terrorists to abandon violence.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0204/p01s04-wome.htm
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"Religion and Violence"
A course by Jill Irvine at the University of Oklahoma.
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/I/Jill.Irvine-1/Syllabi/Syllabus_ReligionViolence.pdf
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"Does Religion Cause Violence?: Behind the Question Lies a Mass of Unclear Thinking"
An article by William Cavanaugh in Harvard Divinity Bulletin (2007).
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/bulletin_mag/articles/35-23_cavanaugh.html
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"Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Civil Religion Revisited"
An article by Carolyn Marvin and David Ingle in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion (1996).
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/fcm/jaar.htm
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"Theory of Religion and Violence"
A lecture by Robert Hamerton-Kelly.
http://www.hamerton-kelly.com/talks/Theory_of_Religion_and_Violence.html
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"Interview with Rene Girard"
Conducted by Markus Muller (1996).
http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/AP0201/interv.htm
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"Violence in Christian Theology"
An essay by Denny Weaver in Cross Currents (2001).
http://www.crosscurrents.org/weaver0701.htm
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"Texts of Terror: Violence and the Religions of the Book"
A course by Carleen Mandolfo at Colby College.
http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/acaddept/religiousstudies/upload/RE-219-student-syll-2008.pdf
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"Religion and Violence"
A course by Mark Dennis at Texas Christian University.
http://www.rel.tcu.edu/SYL/08-3/30863%20.pdf
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Rene Girard: A Selective Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Works in English
Edited by Charles Bellinger.
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/article2.aspx?id=14058
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"Victim Chic? The Rhetoric of Victimhood"
An essay by Michael Ovey.
http://www.jubilee-centre.org/document.php?id=50
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"Between Victory and Victimhood: Reflections on Culture and Martyrdom"
An article by Chris Huebner in Direction Journal (2005).
http://www.directionjournal.org/article/?1402
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"In Vain: Violence in God's Name"
An article by Jim Kenney in the Journal of Globalization for the Common Good (2008).
http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/jgcg/2008/sp08/jgcg-sp08-kenney.htm
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Pilgrim Holiness: Martyrdom as Descriptive Witness
A ThM thesis by Joshua Whitfield.
http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10161/630
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Imitatio: Integrating the Human Sciences
"Imitatio Inc. was conceived by Peter Thiel and Robert Hamerton-Kelly in 2007 as an agent for pressing forward the consequences of René Girard's remarkable breakthrough insight into human behavior as mimetic. The purpose of the Imitatio Inc website is to: provide searchable primary texts including the canonical Girard in original languages; provide video and audio access to events and important members of the mimetic research community; conduct discussions of current research and other issues; announce research opportunities and fellowships; deliver conference information; indicate other sites pertinent to our research."
http://www.imitatio.com/
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"Women, Violence, and Resistance"
A course by Rebecca Todd Peters at Elon College.
http://facstaff.elon.edu/rpeters/Teaching/syllabusWVR.pdf
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"Religion and Conflict"
A course by Anna Bigelow at North Carolina State University.
http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/~bigelow/conflict/
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"Violent Frontiers: Colonialism and Religion in the 19th Century"
A course by Michael Walsh at Vassar College.
http://faculty.vassar.edu/miwalsh/Site/345/345_files/345Fall08.pdf
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"Religion and Society"
A course by Martha Reineke at the University of Northern Iowa.
http://www.uni.edu/reineke/syllabus3.htm
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Community of the Cross of Nails
"The Community of the Cross of Nails (CCN) is a world-wide community of individuals and groups, who share a commitment to a practical vision of reconciliation and a genuine intention to live a disciplined Christian life. It springs directly from the united efforts of the community of Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, England, since the loss of the old Cathedral under attack from the air in 1940, throughout the period of destruction and the incitement to bitterness which followed World War II."
http://www.crossofnails.org/
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"Faith, Doubt and Fanaticism"
A course by Ronald Cavanaugh at Syracuse University.
http://religion.syr.edu/syllabi/Fall2008/REL2002F08.pdf
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"Religion and Violence"
A course by John Simmons at Western Illinois University.
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfjks/454syl.html
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"Religion and Violence"
A course by Brad Starr at California State University, Fullerton.
http://faculty.fullerton.edu/bstarr/CPRL380.SYLLABUS.htm
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"Religious Violence and Nonviolence"
A course by Linda Holler at San Diego State University.
http://www.start.umd.edu/start/education/syllabi/SDSU_ReligiousViolence.pdf
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"Getting Medieval: Tolerance, Persecution, and Religious Violence"
A course by Travis Zadeh at Haverford College.
http://www.haverford.edu/relg/faculty/tzadeh/homepage/Documents/Getting%20Medieval_Syllabus2009.pdf
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Life and Peace: Speaking Peace in Today's World
"Jesus Christ rejected rivalry, retaliation and revenge. Based on his work and teaching, LIFE and PEACE conducts research, offers reflections, lectures, and seminars. For an understanding of the human being, the ministry relies on the anthropology of René Girard." Maintained by Peter Stork.
http://www.livingpeacesite.org/
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Conversations with Rene Girard
Two audio interviews with Girard are available here.
http://french-italian.stanford.edu/opinions/girard.html
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"Putting Girard in His Place (Within Trinitarian Theology)"
An essay by Charles Bellinger
http://web.ustpaul.uottawa.ca/covr2006/Document/CharlesBellinger.pdf
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"Vine and Branches Discourse: The Gospel's Psychological Apocalypse"
An essay by Gil Bailie, published in Contagion (1997).
http://girardianlectionary.net/res/bailie_vine-and-branches.htm
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Violence: Causes and Alternatives
A collection of articles written from a Muslim perspective.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/In_Depth/ViolenceCausesAlternatives/Topic_01.shtml
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Violence: Reflections from a Christian Perspective
The full text of a book by Jacques Ellul is available here.
http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=573
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Anthropoetics: The Journal of Generative Anthropology
"In contrast to fashionable methodologies that dissolve the human in the fractal complexity of cultural differences, generative anthropology (GA) attempts to understand cultural phenomena in the simplest terms possible: all things human are traced back to their source in the hypothetical scene of origin in which human beings as sign-using creatures first emerged." If you are familiar with Rene Girard's thought, this journal is in the same vicinity.
http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/
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Contagion
This print publication, focusing on the implications of Rene Girard's thought, makes some articles available online (PDF).
http://theol.uibk.ac.at/cover/contagion/x1.html
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COV&R: The Bulletin of the Colloquium on Violence & Religion
"The object of COV&R is to explore, criticize, and develop the mimetic model of the relationship between violence and religion in the genesis and maintenance of culture. This model has been elaborated by the French Scholar René Girard." Includes back issues of the Bulletin and a searchable bibliography of works on Girard.
http://theol.uibk.ac.at/cover/bulletin/x1.html
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"Atonement and Violence"
An essay by Dennis Kuhns.
http://www.quodlibet.net/kuhns-atonement.shtml
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"Bill Moyers Interviews Karen Armstrong"
This interview addressed the topic of religion and violence.
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_armstrong.html
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Collisions of Religion and Violence
A collection of articles published in Cross Currents.
http://www.crosscurrents.org/violencespecial.htm
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Essays by Charles K. Bellinger
This page offers several essays on religion and violence, drawing on thinkers such as Kierkegaard, Rene Girard, Eric Voegelin, and John Howard Yoder.
http://lib.tcu.edu/staff/bellinger/essays_ckb.htm
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"Fundamentalism, Father and Son, and Vertical Desire"
An article by Ruth Stein.
http://www.ideologiesofwar.com/docs/fundamentalism_stein.htm
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"Girard Among the Girardians"
This article, by J. Bottum, reviews four books inspired by Rene Girard's thought.
http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=3837
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"Introduction" to Spokesmen for the Despised
An excerpt from Spokesmen for the Despised: Fundamentalist Leaders of the Middle East edited by R. Scott Appleby.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/021254.html
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"My Core Convictions: Nonviolence and the Christian Faith"
An essay by Paul Neuchterlein, drawing on the thought of Rene Girard.
http://girardianlectionary.net/core_convictions.htm
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"Reading Rene Girard's and Walter Wink's Religious Critiques of Violence as Radical Communication Ethics"
An essay by Gerald J. Biesecker-Mast at the National Communication Assocation Annual Meeting, November 20-23, 1997.
http://www.bluffton.edu/~mastg/Girard.htm
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"Religion and Political Violence" [streaming video]
This page offers a video presentation of a panel discussion featuring Marc Gopin, Heather Gregg, David Little, and Louise Richardson.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/27/
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"Short Review of a Troubled History, A"
This page is a long list of violent acts committed against Jews in European history. By Fritz B. Voll.
http://www.jcrelations.net/en/?id=836
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"Thinking about Violence in Our Schools"
An essay by Barry Kort and Nancy Williams.
http://underground.musenet.org:8080/orenda/violence.html
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"Violence and the Christian Theology"
An essay by Emmanuel Clapsis, from an Eastern Orthodox perspective.
http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8565
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Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple
"November 18, 1998 is the twentieth anniversary of the deaths of over 900 Americans in Jonestown, Guyana. Anticipating much media interest and coverage, as well as scholarly and popular study of Peoples Temple as a result, the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota inaugurated this website to present an alternative view to the usual anti-cult hysteria which characterized discussion of Peoples Temple."
http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/
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Colloquium on Violence and Religion
"The COLLOQUIUM ON VIOLENCE AND RELIGION (COV&R) is an international association of scholars founded in 1990. It is dedicated to the exploration, criticism, and development of René Girard‘s mimetic model of the relationship between violence and religion in the genesis and maintenance of culture. COV&R is concerned with questions of research and application. Scholars from diverse fields and theoretical orientations are invited to participate in its Conferences and publications." Maintained by Dietmar Regensburger, University of Innsbruck.
http://theol.uibk.ac.at/cover/
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Cornerstone Forum
"Emphasizing the anthropological uniqueness of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and especially the Christian Gospels, the Cornerstone Forum is concerned with today's cultural and spiritual crisis, and with more accurately assessing its underlying dynamics and historical significance, its perils and its promises. The Institute distributes audio and video tapes and books, and helps arrange and coordinate the speaking trips and workshops that Gil Bailie, the Forum's president, gives around the country." Bailie is the author of a book entitled Violence Unveiled.
http://www.test-cornerstone.org/index.html
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Decade to Overcome Violence
"In its commitment to overcoming violence the World Council of Churches: Commissions studies aimed at exposing the structural and cultural roots of violence; Campaigns against the perpetrators and instruments of violence; Introduces education processes that seek to uphold the value and dignity of life; Takes innovative liturgical, biblical and theological initiatives; Links people, peace initiatives and supports networking."
http://www.overcomingviolence.org/
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Ernest Becker Foundation
"Purpose and Principal Funding Areas of the ERNEST BECKER FOUNDATION: To sponsor scholarly study of issues devolving from the work of Ernest Becker and to encourage broad dissemination of the understandings which emerge." Maintained by Neil Elgee.
http://www.ernestbecker.org/
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Frontline: The Triumph of Evil
This site summarizes a public television documentary on the killings in Rwanda.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/evil/
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Ideologies of War and Terror
This site offers psychological perspectives on ideologies that lead to violence, with attention to the religious dimensions of social movements.
http://ideologiesofwar.com/
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James Alison. Theology
This site offers links to online essays and talks by Alison, along with information about his books. Alison is a prominent theological interpreter of Rene Girard's thought.
http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/
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Preaching Peace
This site offers lectionary-based comments informed by the thought of Rene Girard. Maintained by Michael Hardin and Jeff Krantz.
http://www.preachingpeace.org/
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Girardian Annotated Bibliography
Maintained by Paul Neuchterlein.
http://girardianlectionary.net/girard-a_bib.htm
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Mimesis: Documentation of the Mimetic Theory of Rene Girard
A large searchable database of published materials by and about Rene Girard.
http://www.uibk.ac.at/rgkw/mimdok/suche/index.html.en
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Religion and Violence: A Bibliography
Compiled by Charles Bellinger.
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/article2.aspx?id=10516
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The Theory of Rene Girard and Its Theological Implications
Compiled by Rob Moore.
http://www.kyrie.com/outer/girard/Girard_and_Theology_Bibliogrphy.pdf
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"Al Qaeda's Doomsday Document and Psychological Manipulation"
An essay by Juan Cole about a document found in Muhammed Atta's luggage.
http://www.juancole.com/essays/qaeda.htm
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"Al-Qaeda’s Defining Moment: The Prominence of the Scapegoat Strategy"
An essay by Madeleine Sorkin.
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/dept/RE/SrSeminar04/Sorkinpaper.htm
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"Evil as Love and as Liberation"
An article by Ruth Stein.
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/journal/2004_stein02.shtml
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"Rhetoric of Bush and bin Ladin"
An excerpt from Holy Terrors: Thinking About Religion after September 11 by Bruce Lincoln.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/481921.html
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Islam denounces terrorism.com
"This website is launched to reveal that any kind of terror and barbarism is against Islam, and Muslims share the sorrows of the victims of terrorism. While searching for the ideological source of this phenomenon, it will be a great error to point to Islam. Islam does not encourage any kind of terrorism; in fact, it denounces it."
http://www.islamdenouncesterrorism.com/
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"Contemporary Religious Movements: Religion and Violence"
A course by John Simmons at Western Illinois University.
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfjks/454syl.html
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"Engaging Conflict Well"
A course by Rodney L. Petersen and Tom Porter at Boston University School of Theology.
http://www.bostontheological.org/academic/engaging_conflict.htm
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"International Conflict Transformation, Religion and the Ministry of Reconciliation"
A course by Rodney L. Petersen, Raymond Helmick, and Tom Porter at Boston University School of Theology
http://www.bostontheological.org/academic/international_conflict.htm
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"Palestinians and Israelis"
A course by Loren Lybarger at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/SyllabiSpring05/RS280LLS05.pdf
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"Religion and Violence"
A course taught by Charles Bellinger at Texas Christian University.
http://lib.tcu.edu/staff/bellinger/rel-viol/MLA-rel-violence.htm
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"Religion and Violence"
A course by Steve Young at McHenry County College.
http://www.mchenry.edu/faculty/syoung/rel/rel-vio-syl-s04.htm
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"Religion and Violence: A Sociological Look at the Dark Side of Faith"
A course by Douglas Cowan at the University of Missouri Kansas City.
http://c.faculty.umkc.edu/cowande/syllabi/relviol.htm
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"Religion, Violence, and Conflict Resolution"
A course by Marian Simion at Hellenic College.
http://www.bostontheological.org/academic/religionandviolence.pdf
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"Religion, Violence, and Peace: Patterns Across Time and Tradition"
A course by James Wellman and Scott Noegel at the University of Washington.
http://courses.washington.edu/neare205/courses/syllabusenter.php
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"Self, Society, and Religion"
A course by Russell McCutcheon at the University of Alabama.
http://web.as.ua.edu/rel/rel237spr2005.html
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"Senior Seminar: Sacrifice"
A course by David Weddle at Colorado College.
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/dept/RE/SrSeminar04/Syl04.htm
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"Violence in American Religious History"
A course by Sarah Pike at California State University, Chico.
http://www.csuchico.edu/rs/syllabi/Syllabi04/RS280SPS04.pdf
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"World Religions: Peace and Violence"
A course by Ryan Van Lenning at Sinclair Community College.
http://people.sinclair.edu/ryanvanlenning/REL297Syllabus.htm
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Terrorism, Mimetic Rivalry, and War
A collection of articles written in the wake of Sept. 11, in conversation with the ideas of Rene Girard.
http://theol.uibk.ac.at/cover/war_against_terrorism.html
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Seeking Peace
This site offers reflections on peace, informed by the writings of Rene Girard. Maintained by Andrew Marr.
http://andrewmarr.homestead.com/
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Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary
A growing collection of lectionary comments, maintained by Paul Neuchterlein.
http://girardianlectionary.net/
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"Ratzinger Is Right"
An interview with Rene Girard published in New Perspectives Quarterly (2005).
http://www.digitalnpq.org/archive/2005_summer/10_girard.html
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