Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and SBL Violence and Representations of Violence in Antiquity Unit

Religion, Violence, and Xenophobia
Fear of the “other” has been and continues to be a frequent contributor to violence. We seek papers addressing any intersection of xenophobia and violence from antiquity/late antiquity to our present moment. What constituted xenophobia in the past and/or in the present? Is xenophobia a form of violence? Or rather, does xenophobia lead to or exacerbate violence, and if so in what ways?