Jeffrey Ian Ross of the University of Baltimore is editing an Encyclopedia of Religion and Violence for M.E. Sharpe, and is looking  for contributors for a number of entries.  The topics he needs covered
are listed below.  Modest honoraria are available for contributing. If anyone is interested in writing one or more of these entries, please contact Jeff directly at Jeff Ross [jeffreyianross@hotmail.com]; see also his web site at

www.jeffreyianross.com.

Best wishes,
Stuart

Stuart J. Kaufman, Professor
Department of Political Science and International Relations
University of Delaware
347 Smith Hall
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-1941

Topics and Word Lengths

Hajj-related violence (3,000)

Contemporary religious violence in Europe (4,500)

Contemporary religious Violence in the Middle East (4,500)

Contemporary religious violence in South America (4,500)

Contemporary religious violence in Sub Saharan Africa (4,500)

Hanafi Muslims (3,000)

Hamas (4,000)

Mujahadeen (3,000)

Unification Church (3,000)

African traditional and violence (4,000)

Cao Dai (3,000)

Tenrikyo (3,000)

Rastafari movement and violence (5,000)

Hinduism and violence (5,000)

Sufism and Violence (4,000)

Juche and violence (4,000)

Quakers  and Violence (3,000)

Sikhism and Violence (5,000)

Spiritism and Violence (4,000)

Zionism  and violence (5,000)

Zoroastrianism and violence (5,000)

Gugu (3,000)

Redemptive violence (Walter wink) (2,500)

Mimetic violence (Rene Girard) (2,500)

Roibara (3,000)

Death Penalty and Religion (4,000)

Nonviolence and Religion (5,000)

Psycho perspectives on religion & violence (3,000)

Religious War (8,000)

Violence by Clergy (4,000)