xxii Introduction: The Legacy of Religion and Violence in the sports we play. The title of this volume may suggest this book is only about religious violence “today.” However, if you examine the chapter overviews, which cover the history of each religion, and discern the connections these backgrounds hold to the contemporary period with their entries, you will discover a legacy of religiously motivated violence. It is optimistic to hope for a better tomorrow in which there is little to no vio- lence. But as long as there is violence, people will be persecuted for their religious identities, and others will justify violence through religion. This encyclopedia pro- vides explanations to the present and the future, as it examines an enduring and mercurial relationship between religion and violence. In this vein, this book is dedicated to all those who see education and knowledge as an invaluable means for a better tomorrow. Michael Jerryson FURTHER READING Kierkegaard, Søren. 2006 (1843). Fear and Trembling. Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Edited by C. Stephen Evans and Sylvia Walsh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pinker, Steven. 2017. “Has the Decline of Violence Reversed since The Better Angels of Our Nature was Written?” https://stevenpinker.com/files/pinker/files/has_the_decline_of _violence_reversed_since_the_better_angels_of_our_nature_was_written_2017 . pdf. Smith, Jonathan Z. 1988. Imagining Religion: From Babylon to Jonestown. Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Reprint ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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