Comparative philosophy and religion in times of terror / edited by Douglas Allen
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- 3913440
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- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2006
- xiv, 257 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780739109960
- 0739109960
- 9780739116173
- 0739116177
- Series:
- Studies in comparative philosophy and religion
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- Introduction
- Douglas Allen
- 1 Religious Violence: A Philosophical Analysis
- John M. Koller
- 2 Mahatma Gandhi After 9/11: Terrorism and Violence
- Douglas Allen
- 3 Responding to Terror: An Aristotelian Approach
- Anna Lannstrom
- 4 Pragmatic Lessons in Times of Terror
- Sor-hoon Tan
- 5 Wisdom and Violence: The Legacy of Platonic Political
- Philosophy in Al-Farabi and Nietzsche
- Peter S. Groff
- 6 Jihad as Right Effort: A Buddhist Justification of Jihad
- in the Life of Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Jim Highland
- 7 Standing Up to Terrorists: Buddhism, Human Rights,
- and Self-Respect
- Christopher W. Gowans
- 8 The Bodhisattva Code and Compassion: Mahayana Buddhist
- Perspective on Violence and Nonviolence
- Wendy Donner
- 9 Rootlessness and Terror: Violence and Morality from a
- Zen Perspective
- Michael G. Barnhart
- 10 Eliminating the Root of All Evil: Interdependence and
- the De-Reification of the Self
- Jeffrey D. Long
- 11 Loneliness: A Common Fate for Philosophy and Terrorism?
- Vance Cope-Kasten
- 12 Gender, Violence, and the Other
- Joanne D. Birdwhistell
- 13 Confucian Perspectives on War and Terrorism
- Kirill O. Thompson
- 14 Great Teacher and Great Soul: Ueshiba and Gandhi
- on Personal Violence
- C. Wesley DeMarco
- 15 Himsa and Ahimsa in the Martial Arts
- Judy D. Saltzman.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Also available on the internet.
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- Allen, Douglas, 1941-
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