Table of Contents 

Foreword V

José Casanova

Exiting Violence: From Texts to Religions 1

Debora Tonelli, Gerard Mannion

Part I: The Analytical – Historical Approach

Visions of Great Peace: Thinking through Chinese Religions on Personal
and Socio-Political Harmony 19

Louis Komjathy 康思奇

Legitimation and Sanctification: Texts, Stories and Violence in Religious
Contexts 47

Ian Reader

Radical Buddhism in Sri Lanka 69

Enzo Pace

Counter-Secularism and Religious Revivalism 85

Assaf Sharon

The Global Fate of the Ummah and Its Significance for Violence and
Islam 107

Jocelyne Cesari

The Bible, Identity, and Violence: Violence and Biblical Interpretations in
North America 125

Leo D. Lefebure

The Challenge of Dual and Plural Legal Systems: Religious and Secular
Jurisdiction 151

Gloria M. Moran

Part II: The Philosophical and Theological Reflection

Religion, Politics and Violence: Overcoming the Shadow of
Transvaluation 179

Gerard Mannion

The Political Role of Biblical Hermeneutics: A Tool for Legitimating or
Countering (Religious) Violence 193

Debora Tonelli

In the Time of the Nations: Faith contra Violence 211

Fred Dallmayr

Theologizing Contextually: Sketches of an Indian Experience 225

Vincent Sekhar SJ

Exiting Violence: Women of Faith as Strategic Peacebuilders, Challenges
and Opportunities 247

Maryann Cusimano Love

Dialogue of Life: A Precondition for Interreligious Dialogue 269

Wolfgang Palaver

The Rebel and the Prophet: Violence and Nonviolence in Colombia 285

Iván Garzón Vallejo, Andrés Felipe Agudelo