Volume 1 : Religion and violence, a strange nexus
Defining religion and violence
Martyrdom, sacrifice, and self-harm
Scapegoating and demonology
Understanding witch trials
Racial violence and religion
Religion and violence agains women
Sexuality, morality, and punishment
Heresies and their suppression
Religion and just war theory.
Volume 2 : Peace as a religious ideal
Religious violence in Israel
Religious violence in India
Religion's relationship with slavery
Native Americans and religious violence
Anti-Catholicism in Europe and America
The persistence of anti-semitism
Islam, violence, and Islamophobia
What we can do about religious violence.
