Screen LibraryThe Blackwell companion to religion and violence
"The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence. This Companion tackles one of the most important topics in...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell companions to religion ;
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444395747 |
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"The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence. This Companion tackles one of the most important topics in the field of Religion in the twenty-first century, pulling together a unique collection of cutting-edge work A focused collection of high-quality scholarship provides readers with a state-of-the-art account of the latest work in this field. The contributors are broad-ranging, international, and interdi "The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence offers a state-of-the-art overview of this diverse and crucially important subject. This timely volume brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who probe the complex relationship between religion and violence, now and in the past. Media accounts often announce the inherent connections between 'fanatical' believers and terroristic violence; but scholars have long recognized that such links are only one small part of a larger and more complex set of interactions. They argue that religious beliefs and practices are j |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 615 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781444395747 (electronic bk.) 1444395742 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | BL65 |
| CLC: | B920 |
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Front Matter -- Introduction / Andrew R Murphy -- ₃Religion₄ and ₃Violence₄: Defining Terms, Defining Relationships. Religion and Violence: Coming to Terms with Terms / John D Carlson -- The Myth of Religious Violence / William T Cavanaugh -- Disciplinary Perspectives. Religion and Violence: An Economic Approach / Anthony Gill -- Religion, Identity, and Violence: Some Theoretical Reflections / Aziz Esmail -- Anthropological Reflections on Religion and Violence / Bettina E Schmidt -- Spiritual Devotion and Self-Annihilation: An Evolutionary Perspective / Ariel Glucklich -- The Sociolo Machine generated contents note: Part I. "Religion" and "Violence": Defining Terms, Defining Relationships. -- 1. Religion and Violence: Coming to Terms with the Terms (John D. Carlson, Arizona State University). -- 2. The Myth of Religious Violence (William T. Cavanaugh, DePaul University, Chicago). -- Part II. Disciplinary Perspectives. -- 3. An Economic Approach to Religion and Violence (Anthony Gill, University of Washington). -- 4. Religion, Identity and Violence: Some Theoretical Reflections (Aziz Esmail, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London). -- 5. An Anthropological Approach to Relig |