Beyond Violence: Religious Sources of Social Transformation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Beyond Violence ABRAHAMIC DIALOGUES SERIES ChiefEditor David B. Burrell, C.S.C.,The University of Notre Dame Editorial Board Ibrahim Abu-Rabi', Hartford Seminary Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College Donald]. Moore, S.J., Fordham University BEYOND VIOLENCE Religious Sources of Social Transformation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Edited by JAMES L. HEFT, S.M. FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS New Yorlz • 2004 Copyright © 2004 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical , photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. The Abrahamic Dialogues Series, No.1 ISSN 1548-4130 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beyond violence: religious sources of social transformation in Judaism, Christianity , and Islam / edited by James L. Heft.-1st. ed. p. cm.-(The Abrahamic dialogues series; no. 1) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8232-2333-7 (hardcover)-ISBN 0-8232-2334-5 (pbk.) 1. Peace-Religious aspects-Congresses. 2.Violence-Religious aspectsCongresses . I. Heft,James. II. Series. BL65.P4B49 2004 201.'76-dc22 2004001737 Printed in the United States ofAmerica 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 First edition ...