About the Editor - Margo Kitts

Margo Kitts received her doctoral degree in Near Eastern religions from the University of California at Berkeley simultaneously with the Graduate Theological Union. Her graduate studies focused primarily on Homer and the Hittites, but since then she has published extensively, over thirty articles, also on religion and violence.  Her books include Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society (Cambridge University Press) and several co-edited volumes, including Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence (Oxford), Violence in the World’s Religious Traditions(Oxford), Princeton Readings in Religion and Violence (Princeton), and State, Power, and Violence (Harrassowitz).  Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation, a volume she is editing for Oxford, is forthcoming in 2018. She currently edits the Journal of Religion and Violence and is Professor and Coordinator of Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies at Hawai’i Pacific University in Honolulu.

Founding Editor - James R. Lewis

The late James R. Lewis was a Professor of Philosophy at Wuhan University, China. He was the author or co-author of 128 articles and reference book entries, and editor or co-editor of 50 books. Most recently was the general editor for the Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review and served as the associate editor for the Journal of Religion and Violence. His prolific publications include The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism (Cambridge University Press 2017) and Falun Gong: Spiritual Warfare and Martyrdom (Cambridge University Press 2018).

Area of Interest

Amongst others;

• Violence in major world religious traditions
• Theories of religion and violence
• Holy war
• Witch hunting
• Human sacrifice

Contact the Editors

If you would like more information about this series, or are interested in writing an Element, email mkitts@mpu.edu.