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Designed for group or personal study, Subverting Hatred describes the teachings and resources on nonviolence within nine different religious traditions. Representatives of these traditions describe not only the significant contributions to nonviolence of that tradition, but also reflect on how that particular tradition has fallen short in putting these ideals into practice. Contents: 1) Jainism and Nonviolence, Christopher Key Chapple (Loyola Marymount University); 2) The Peace Wheel: Nonviolent Activism in the Buddhist Tradition, Christopher S. Queen (Harvard University); 3) Subverting Hatred: Peace and Nonviolence in Confucianism and Daoism, Tam Wai Lun (Chinese University of Hong Kong); 4) Ahimsa and the Unity of All Things, Sunanda Y. Shastri (Gujarat University) and Yajneshwar S. Shastri (Gujarat University); 5) Indigenous Traditions of Peace, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher (Loyola Marymount University); 6) Nonviolence in Islam, Rabia Terri Harris (Muslim Peace Fellowship); 7) “Let your love for me vanquish your hatred for him”: Nonviolence and Modern Judaism, Jeremy Milgrom (Clergy for Peace/Rabbis for Human Rights); 8) Political Atheism and Radical Faith, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher; (Loyola Marymount University); and Epilogue: Reflections on Nonviolence and Religions, Donald K. Swearer (Swarthmore College). Daniel L. Smith-Christopher is professor of theological studies and director of the Peace Studies Program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
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