Religion, Violence, Memory, and Place

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Oren Baruch Stier, J. Shawn Landres
Indiana University Press, 2006 - 280 sidor

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.

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.

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Introduction
1
1 The Powers of Place
17
In Mourning
37
A Manifesto
51
Site of Resistance and Recovery
75
German Places Church Traditions and Holocaust Memories
89
Armenian Genocidal Memory in Diaspora
100
The Enola Gay and the Streetcars of Hiroshima
117
Acknowledgments
291
Introduction
1
1 The Powers of Place
17
In Mourning
37
A Manifesto
51
Site of Resistance and Recovery
75
German Places Church Traditions and Holocaust Memories
89
Armenian Genocidal Memory in Diaspora
100

8 Religion Memory and Violence in Rwanda
132
Sacred Space Sacred Property and Absolution of Past Sins
150
Gender Representation and the Objectification of Jewish Women at Majdanek
163
Creolized and Globalized Memory in South Africa
181
Symbolizing Spirit and Pain in PortauPrince
198
13 The Stages of Memory at Ground Zero
214
A Grim Geography of Remembrance
235
Bibliography
247
List of Contributors
269
Index
273
Cover
282
Contents
289
The Enola Gay and the Streetcars of Hiroshima
117
8 Religion Memory and Violence in Rwanda
132
Sacred Space Sacred Property and Absolution of Past Sins
150
Gender Representation and the Objectification of Jewish Women at Majdanek
163
Creolized and Globalized Memory in South Africa
181
Symbolizing Spirit and Pain in PortauPrince
198
13 The Stages of Memory at Ground Zero
214
A Grim Geography of Remembrance
235
Bibliography
247
List of Contributors
269
Index
273

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