Confronting genocide : Judaism, Christianity, Islam / edited by Steven Leonard Jacobs ; Marc I. Sherman, bibliographic editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Genocide in the name of God : thoughts on religion and genocide / Steven Leonard Jacobs -- 1. Theological warrants for genocide : Judaism, Islam, and Christianity / Leo Kuper -- 2. The last uncomfortable religious question? : monotheistic exclusivism and textual superiority in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as sources of hate and genocide / Steven Leonard Jacobs -- 3. A sweet-smelling sacrifice : genocide, the Bible, and the indigenous peoples of the United States, selected examples / Chris Mato Nunpa -- 4. The accountability of religion in genocide / James Frazer Moore -- 5. More than the Jews ... His blood be upon all the children : Biblical violence, genocide, and responsible reading / Gary A. Phillips -- 6. Religion and genocide / Leonard B. Glick -- 7. Jihad and genocide : the case of the Armenians / Richard L. Rubenstein -- 8. Islam and genocide : the case of Bangladesh in 1971 / Mohammad Omar Farooq -- 9. The genocidal twentieth century in the Balkans / Paul Mojzes -- 10. "Death was everywhere, even in front of the church" : Christian faith and the Rwandan genocide / Stephen R. Haynes -- 11. Getting rid of the G-d of Abraham : a prerequisite for genocide / David Patterson -- 12. The Ten Commandments, the Holocaust, and reflections on genocide / Paul R. Bartrop -- 13. Coming to terms with Amalek : testing the limits of hospitality / Henry F. Knight -- 14. Post-Shoah restitution of a different kind / John K. Roth -- 15. The Holocaust, genocide, and the Catholic Church / Donald J. Dietrich -- 16. Catholic views on Holocaust and genocide : a critical appraisal / John T. Pawlikowski -- 17. Terror out of Zion : making sense of scriptural teaching / Zev Garber -- 18. Rape, religion, and genocide : an unholy silence / Carol Rittner -- App. 1. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide -- App. 2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- App. 3. The United Nations Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (1968).