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'God and War' is topic for talks, Feb. 21-23
Posted February 16, 2006; 10:35 p.m.
Three talks on the topic of "God and War" will be presented as part
of the Stafford Little Lectures Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb.
21-23.
Mark Juergensmeyer, director of global and international studies and
professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of
California-Santa Barbara, will speak at 8 each evening in McCosh 50.
He will address these questions: What purpose does the concept of war
serve in times of social chaos and uncertainty? What is the
relationship between violence and religion? How can the global terror
war be contained?
Juergensmeyer is the author of several books, including "Terror in the
Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence," which the
Washington Post and Los Angeles Times identified as one of the best
nonfiction books of 2003. He has interviewed numerous religious
extremists, including the individuals convicted of the 1993 World Trade
Center bombing, Hamas leaders and abortion clinic bombers. He also has
been a frequent commentator in the news media on the subject of
religious violence.
The talks are sponsored by the University Public Lecture Series and Princeton University Press.