Religion and Violence in Western Traditions: Selected Studies Gagn Andr
Religion and Violence in Western Traditions: Selected Studies Gagn Andr This book examines the connection between religion and violence in the Western traditions of the three Abrahamic faiths, from…
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Religion and Violence in Western Traditions: Selected Studies Gagn Andr
This book examines the connection between religion and violence in the Western traditions of the three Abrahamic faiths, from ancient to modern times. Contributors explore the central role that religious texts have played in encouraging, as well as confronting, violence. It addresses a gap in the scholarly debate on the nature of religious violence by bringing scholars that specialize in pre-modern religions and scriptural traditions into the same sphere of discussion as those specializing in contemporary manifestations of religious violence.Moving beyond the question of the "authenticity" of religious violence, this book brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines.
The interdisciplinary conversation that takes place challenges assumptions that religious violence is a modern problem that can be fully understood without reference to religious scriptures, beliefs, or
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