Religion Violence Memory and Place

<p>Sites of violence often provoke conflicts over memorialization. These conflicts provide insight into the construction and use of memory as a means of achieving public recognition of past wrongs. In this groundbreaking collection scholars of religious studies sociology history and political science as well as African Caribbean Jewish and Native American studies examine the religious memorialization of violent acts that are linked to particular sites. Supported by the essays gathered here the editors argue that memory is essential to religion and conversely that religion is inherent in memory. Other books have considered memory and violence or religion and place--this collection is the first to discuss the intersection of all four.<br /><br />Contributors are David Chidester James H. Foard Roger Friedland Richard D. Hecht Juan A. Herrero Brasas Janet Liebman Jacobs Flora A. Keshgegian J. Shawn Landres Edward T. Linenthal Timothy Longman Tania Oldenhage Michelene E. Pesantubbee Terry Rey William Robert Théoneste Rutagengwa Oren Baruch Stier Jonathan Webber and James E. Young.</p>