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Book Synopsis The Myth of Religious Violence by : William T Cavanaugh
Download or read book The Myth of Religious Violence written by William T Cavanaugh and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cavanaugh challenges conventional wisdom by examining how the twin categories of religion and the secular are constructed. He examines how timeless and transcultural categories of 'religion and 'the secular' are used in arguments that religion causes violence.
Book Synopsis The Reality of Religious Violence by : Hector Avalos
Download or read book The Reality of Religious Violence written by Hector Avalos and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence and religion have been interacting from the beginning of recorded history according to The Reality of Religious Violence: From Biblical to Modern Times. This book addresses two major questions: 1. Does religious violence exist? 2. If so, how is it different from other types of violence? The first question is a reaction to a whole stream of scholarship led by William T. Cavanaugh, author of The Myth of Religious Violence (2009), which denies that religious violence is a specific category of violence over against many other types of violence that we can name. The second question is whether 'religious violence' is a useful category at all. This book argues that religious violence is not only a useful category, but also a necessary one if we are to understand our history and seek solutions. It is true, nevertheless, that wars and other types of violence can be caused by problems that have nothing to do with religion. What is central to this book is the ethical quality of religious violence. Non-religious violence arises from causes one can detect (e.g. oil, water, money). Religious violence does not have any detectable cause, since there is no supernatural force or being that we can identify as the cause. That is what makes religious violence more tragic. Detailed examples are drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Christian texts, and Muslim texts.
Book Synopsis Shattering the Myth by : Bruce B. Lawrence
Download or read book Shattering the Myth written by Bruce B. Lawrence and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. Shattering the Myth demonstrates that these conceptions more accurately reflect the bias of Western reporters than they do the realities of contemporary Islam. Westerners are barraged by images of violence that usually originate from armed confrontations in one small corner of the world. Islam, Bruce Lawrence argues, is a complex, international religious system that cannot be reduced to stereotypes. As Lawrence demonstrates, Islam is a religion shaped as much by its own postulates and ethical demands as by the specific circumstances of Muslim people in the modern world. The last two hundred years have brought many challenges for Muslims, from colonial subjugation through sporadic revivalism to elitist reform movements and, most recently, pervasive struggles with fundamentalism. During each period, Muslims have had to address internal tensions, as well as external threats. Today Muslims in the post-colonial era, only some of whom are Arab and living in the Middle East, are playing ever greater roles in economic changes, both regional and international. As the impact of these changes has become evident in societies around the globe, new leaders have come into public view. The most remarkable emerging presence is that of Muslim women. Lawrence argues that it is the experience of Muslim women in particular that calls for a more nuanced understanding of Islam today. It is time, Lawrence believes, to replace inaccurate images of Islam with a recognition of the multifaceted character of this global religion and of its widely diverse adherents. Here he describes changes that are taking place throughout the world, particularly in Southeast Asia, enacted by governments and nongovernmental organizations alike. In a time of rapid international change, Lawrence suggests that it is time for our images of Islam to reflect more clearly the realities of Islam as it is lived. Shattering the Myth provides significant insights into the history of Islam and a greater understanding of the varied experiences of Muslims today. "An informed interpretation of the contemporary Muslim experience . . . Lawrence's explanations for the particular states of affairs in Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, and Malaysia, among other cases, are compelling . . . [A] distinguished contribution."--From the foreword by James Piscatori and Dale F. Eickelman
Book Synopsis Does Religion Cause Violence? by : Joel Hodge
Download or read book Does Religion Cause Violence? written by Joel Hodge and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most pressing issues of our time is the outbreak of extremist violence and terrorism, done in the name of religion. This volume critically analyses the link made between religion and violence in contemporary theory and proposes that 'religion' does not have a special relation to violence in opposition to culture, ideology or nationalism. Rather, religion and violence must be understood with relation to fundamental anthropological and philosophical categories such as culture, desire, disaster and rivalry. Does Religion Cause Violence? explores contemporary instances of religious violence, such as Islamist terrorism and radicalization in its various political, economic, religious, military and technological dimensions, as well as the legitimacy and efficacy of modern cultural mechanisms to contain violence, such as nuclear deterrence. Including perspectives from experts in theology, philosophy, terrorism studies, and Islamic studies, this volume brings together the insights of René Girard, the premier theorist of violence in the 20th century, with the latest scholarship on religion and violence, particularly exploring the nature of extremist violence.
Book Synopsis The European Wars of Religion by : Wolfgang Palaver
Download or read book The European Wars of Religion written by Wolfgang Palaver and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 7 Secularization of the Holy: A Reading of the 'Wars of Religion' -- 8 The Modern State or the Myth of 'Political Violence' -- 9 The Modern Military-Humanitarian Hybrid State: A Response to Paul Dumouchel -- 10 Confessional Wars and Religious Violence in Christianity from a Theological Viewpoint -- 11 Religion and Violence: The Case of Wars in the Former Yugoslavia -- 12 The Debate About the European Wars of Religion as a Challenge to Interdisciplinary Cooperation -- Index
Download or read book Secular War written by Stacey Gutkowski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have long-standing and unconscious secular assumptions about religion shaped the post-9/11 climate and its wars? Stacey Gutkowski explores this little-examined, yet crucial, element of British perceptions of and policy towards Jihadism over the last decade, to draw critical conclusions about the relationship between war and the secular. She points to a surprisingly coherent body of secular beliefs that have fuelled policies in Iraq, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism, and that have had mixed results - responsible for both positive strategies and tragic errors. The theory Gutkowski develops on the impact of this secular approach to warfare holds a broader global significance, and cannot be viewed as just a British phenomenon. This book addresses ongoing and critical debates, such as the 'overreach' of Western liberal interventionism in the Middle East, and speaks to policy-makers, security analysts and students of IR, Foreign Policy and Security Studies.
Book Synopsis Terror in the Mind of God by : Mark Juergensmeyer
Download or read book Terror in the Mind of God written by Mark Juergensmeyer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Thesaurus Cultus Et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA). by : J. Paul Getty museum (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Download or read book Thesaurus Cultus Et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA). written by J. Paul Getty museum (Los Angeles, Calif.). and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Religion, Terror and Violence by : Bryan Rennie
Download or read book Religion, Terror and Violence written by Bryan Rennie and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: September 11 and the subsequent War on Terror continues to cast a long shadow over the world. Religion, Terror and Violence brings together a group of distinguished scholars from a range of backgrounds and disciplines to explore the claim that acts of violence – most spectacularly the attack of September 11, 2001 and the international reaction to it – were intimately linked to cultural and social authorizing processes that could be called 'religious.' This book provides a nuanced but incisive insight into the reaction of the discipline of religious studies to the post 9/11 world.
Book Synopsis The Global Impact of Religious Violence by : Andre Gagne
Download or read book The Global Impact of Religious Violence written by Andre Gagne and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acts of terror are everywhere! Not one day goes by without hearing about the latest suicide bomb in Baghdad, knife stabbing in Germany, or shooting spree in France or in the United States. A Christian extremist preacher claims that homosexuals deserve to die because he considers their lifestyle to be sinful; groups like ISIS perpetrate genocide against religious minorities and call for global jihad against infidels; Buddhist monks in Myanmar persecute the Rohingya for fear that the Muslim minority destroy their country and religion. All these actions seem to be somehow religiously motivated, where the actors claim to act in accordance with their beliefs. In the midst of this spiral of violence seen across traditions and geographical locations, there is a pressing need to understand why people act as such in the name of their faith. The Global Impact of Religious Violence examines why individuals and groups sometimes commit irremediable atrocities, and offers some solutions on how to counter religiously inspired violence.
Book Synopsis Seven Myths of Military History by : John D. Hosler
Download or read book Seven Myths of Military History written by John D. Hosler and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This brief, provocative, and accessible book offers snapshots of seven pernicious myths in military history that have been perpetrated on unsuspecting students, readers, moviegoers, game players, and politicians. It promotes awareness of how myths are created by 'the spurious misuse and ignorance of history' and how misleading ideas about a military problem, as in asymmetric warfare, can lead to misguided solutions. “Both scholarly and engaging, this book is an ideal addition to military history and historical methodology courses. In fact, it could be fruitfully used in any course that teaches critical thinking skills, including courses outside the discipline of history. Military history has a broad appeal to students, and there’s something here for everyone. From the so-called 'Western Way of War' to its sister-myth, technological determinism, to the ‘academic party game’ of once-faddish ‘Military Revolutions,’ the book shows that while myths about history may be fun, myth busting is the most fun of all.” —Reina Pennington, Norwich University
Book Synopsis The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred by : James G. Williams
Download or read book The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred written by James G. Williams and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1991 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an application to the whole of the Bible of Rene Girard's revolutionary theory of the origins and nature of violence.
Book Synopsis Religious Violence Today by : Michael K. Jerryson
Download or read book Religious Violence Today written by Michael K. Jerryson and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through sections containing overview essays and reference entries related to particular religions, this resource explores the rise of religious violence, hate crime, and persecution around the world"--
Book Synopsis The Myth of a Christian Nation by : Gregory A. Boyd
Download or read book The Myth of a Christian Nation written by Gregory A. Boyd and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing from Scripture and history, the author makes a compelling case that whenever the church gets too close to any political or national ideology, it is disastrous for the church and harmful to society.
Book Synopsis Subverting Global Myths by : Vinoth Ramachandra
Download or read book Subverting Global Myths written by Vinoth Ramachandra and published by SPCK Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramachandra considers six areas of contemporary, global discourse where powerful myths energize and mobilize a great deal of public funding, academic production, and media attention--myths about terrorism, religious violence, human rights, multiculturalism, science, and globalization.
Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security by : Chris Seiple
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security written by Chris Seiple and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook offers analyses of how nine different world religions have related to issues of war and peace, theologically and practically; overviews of how scholars and practitioners in nine different topical areas of security studies have (or have not) dealt with the relationship between religion and security; and five case studies of particular countries in which the religion--security nexus is vividly illustrated: Nigeria, India, Israel, the former Yugoslavia and Iraq.
Book Synopsis The Myth of Religious Superiority by : Paul F. Knitter
Download or read book The Myth of Religious Superiority written by Paul F. Knitter and published by Faith Meets Faith Series in In. This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this challenging book, the leading exponents of the idea that all religions are a refraction of a truth no single tradition can exclusively reveal, discuss what to make of that conviction in today's world of inter-religious strife. New in this book is the inclusion of authors from a variety of traditions, including John Hick, Rita Gross, Arvind Sharma, Roger Haight, Dan Cohn-Sherbok, and Mahmut Aydin. The authors try to make the case that the next step in inter-religious interchange ought to be the development of a multi-faith, pluralistic theology of religion.
