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Confronting Religious Violence

Author : Megan Warner
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780334057130
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Confronting Religious Violence written by Megan Warner and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Confronting Religious Violence, twelve international experts from a variety of theological, philosophical, and scientific fields address the issue of religious violence in today's world. The first part of the book focuses on the historical rise of religious conflict, beginning with the question of whether the New Testament leads to supersessionism, and looks at the growth of anti-Semitism in the later Roman Empire. The second part comprises field-report studies of xenophobia, radicalism, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia surrounding the conflicts in the Middle East. The third part reflects on moral, philosophical, legal, and evolutionary influences on religious freedom and how they harm or help the advancement of peace. The final part of the volume turns to theological reflections, discussing monotheism, nationalism, the perpetuation of violence, the role of mercy laws and freedom in combating hate, and practical approaches to dealing with pluralism in theological education. Edited by Richard Burridge and Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Confronting Religious Violence contains insights from international experts that form essential reading for politicians, diplomats, business leaders, academics, theologians, church and faith leaders, commentators, and military strategists -- anyone concerned with a harmonious future for human life together on this planet.

Not in God's Name

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 : 0805243356
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Not in God's Name written by Jonathan Sacks and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner*** In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, Rabbi Sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution. When religion becomes a zero-sum conceit—that is, my religion is the only right path to God, therefore your religion is by definition wrong—and individuals are motivated by what Rabbi Sacks calls “altruistic evil,” violence between peoples of different beliefs appears to be the only natural outcome. But through an exploration of the roots of violence and its relationship to religion, and employing groundbreaking biblical analysis and interpretation, Rabbi Sacks shows that religiously inspired violence has as its source misreadings of biblical texts at the heart of all three Abrahamic faiths. By looking anew at the book of Genesis, with its foundational stories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Rabbi Sacks offers a radical rereading of many of the Bible’s seminal stories of sibling rivalry: Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Rachel and Leah. “Abraham himself,” writes Rabbi Sacks, “sought to be a blessing to others regardless of their faith. That idea, ignored for many of the intervening centuries, remains the simplest definition of Abrahamic faith. It is not our task to conquer or convert the world or enforce uniformity of belief. It is our task to be a blessing to the world. The use of religion for political ends is not righteousness but idolatry . . . To invoke God to justify violence against the innocent is not an act of sanctity but of sacrilege.” Here is an eloquent call for people of goodwill from all faiths and none to stand together, confront the religious extremism that threatens to destroy us, and declare: Not in God’s Name.

Religicide

Author : Georgette F. Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1637581025
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Religicide written by Georgette F. Bennett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brave and timely proposal to name, investigate, and ultimately stop a new crime–the mass murder of millions of people for their faith. eligion-related violence is the fastest spreading type of violence worldwide. Attacks on religious minorities follow a clear pattern and are preceded with early warning signs. Until now, such violence had no name, let alone a set of policies designed to identify and prevent it. A unique attempt to create a new moral and legal category alongside other forms of persecution and mass murder, Religicide explores the roots of atrocities such as the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, the Bosnian war, and other human rights catastrophes. The authors tap into their decades of activism, interreligious engagement, and people-to-people diplomacy to delve into a gripping examination of contemporary religicides: the Yazidis in Iraq, the Rohingya in Myanmar, Uyghur Muslims and Tibetan Buddhists in China, and the centuries-long efforts to wipe out Indigenous Americans. Yet, even in the face of these horrific atrocities, the authors resist despair. They amplify the voices of survivors and offer a blueprint for action, calling on government, business, civil society, and religious leaders to join in a global campaign to protect religious minorities.

Not in God's Name

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 : 080521268X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Not in God's Name written by Jonathan Sacks and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, Rabbi Sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution. When religion becomes a zero-sum conceit—i.e., my religion is the only right path to God, therefore your religion is by definition wrong—and when individuals are motivated by what Rabbi Sacks calls “altruistic evil,” violence between peoples of different beliefs appears to be the inevitable outcome. But through an exploration of the roots of violence and its relationship to religion, and employing groundbreaking biblical analysis and interpretation, Rabbi Sacks shows that religiously inspired violence has as its source misreadings of biblical texts at the heart of all three Abrahamic faiths. By looking anew at the book of Genesis, with its foundational stories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Rabbi Sacks offers a radical rereading of many of the Bible’s seminal stories of sibling rivalry: Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Rachel and Leah. Here is an eloquent call for people of goodwill from all faiths and none to stand together, confront the religious extremism that threatens to destroy us all, and declare: Not in God’s Name.

Confronting Religious Violence

Author : Richard A. Burridge
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334055857
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Confronting Religious Violence written by Richard A. Burridge and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Confronting Religious Violence', twelve international experts from a variety of theological, philosophical, and scientific fields address the issue of religious violence in today’s world. The first part of the book focuses on the historical rise of religious conflict, beginning with the question of whether the New Testament leads to supersessionism, and looks at the growth of anti-Semitism in the later Roman Empire. The second part comprises field-report studies of xenophobia, radicalism, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia surrounding the conflicts in the Middle East. The third part reflects on moral, philosophical, legal, and evolutionary influences on religious freedom and how they harm or help the advancement of peace. The final part of the volume turns to theological reflections, discussing monotheism, nationalism, the perpetuation of violence, the role of mercy laws and freedom in combating hate, and practical approaches to dealing with pluralism in theological education.

Confronting Christianity

Author : Rebecca McLaughlin
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433564262
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Confronting Christianity written by Rebecca McLaughlin and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although many people suggest that Christianity is declining, research indicates that it continues to be the world's most popular worldview. But even so, the Christian faith includes many controversial beliefs that non-Christians find hard to accept. This book explores 12 issues that might cause someone to dismiss orthodox Christianity—issues such as the existence of suffering, the Bible's teaching on gender and sexuality, the reality of heaven and hell, the authority of the Bible, and more. Showing how the best research from sociology, science, and psychology doesn't disagree with but actually aligns with claims found in the Bible, these chapters help skeptics understand why these issues are signposts, rather than roadblocks, to faith in Christ.

Why People Don't Believe

Author : Paul Chamberlain
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 0801013771
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Why People Don't Believe written by Paul Chamberlain and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Collected Lore of the Star and the Catfish

Religion and Violence in Western Traditions

Author : André Gagné
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000409066
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Violence in Western Traditions written by André Gagné and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the connection between religion and violence in the Western traditions of the three Abrahamic faiths, from ancient to modern times. 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. Contributors explore the central role that religious texts have played in encouraging, as well as confronting, violence. 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 history. Each chapter focuses its analysis on a particular case study from a distinct historical period. Taken as a whole, these chapters attest to the persistent relationship between religion and violence that links the ancient and contemporary worlds. This is a dynamic collection of explorations into how religion and violence intersect. As such, it will be a key resource for any scholar of Religious Studies, Theology and Religion and Violence, as well as Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Studies.

Confronting Religious Violence

Author : Richard A. Burridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781481308977
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Confronting Religious Violence written by Richard A. Burridge and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Twelve international experts from a variety of theological, philosophical, and scientific fields address the issue of religious violence in today's world"--Jacket.

Confronting the New Age

Author : Doug Groothuis
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608993426
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Confronting the New Age written by Doug Groothuis and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to tell you how to confront the New Age The threat is growing. So not only do we need to understand the New Age, we need to stem the tide of this growing religious movement. Here's the first book that tells how. You'll find all you need to know for: - Witnessing to New Age adherents - Identifying New Age influences in business seminars - Exposing New Age curriculum in our public schools - Discerning New Age influences in pop psychology, biofeedback therapy, visualization, and New Age music This book takes you a step beyond other books with its practical advice and sound suggestions.

The Great Partnership

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0805243011
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Great Partnership written by Jonathan Sacks and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned author and rabbi discusses the relationship between science and religion and the importance of the coexistence of both in that religion is the search for meaning and science is the search for explanation. 20,000 first printing.

Teaching Religion and Violence

Author : Brian K. Pennington
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195372425
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Religion and Violence written by Brian K. Pennington and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Religion and Violence is designed to help instructors to equip students to think critically about religious violence, particularly in the multicultural classroom.

Dignity of Difference

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dignity of Difference written by Jonathan Sacks and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 2003-03-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dignity of Difference is Rabbi Jonathan Sacks s radical proposal for reconciling hatreds.

Competing Fundamentalisms

Author : Sathianathan Clarke
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611648106
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Competing Fundamentalisms written by Sathianathan Clarke and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do certain groups and individuals seek to do harm in the name of God? While studies often claim to hold the key to this frightening phenomenon, they seldom account for the crucial role that religious conviction plays, not just in radical Islam, but also in the fundamentalist branches of the world's two other largest religions: Christianity and Hinduism. As the first book to examine violent extremism in all three religions together, Competing Fundamentalisms draws on studies in sociology, psychology, culture, and economicswhile focusing on the central role of religious ideasto paint a richer portrait of this potent force in modern life. Clarke argues that the forces of globalization fuel the aggression of these movements to produce the competing feature of religious fundamentalisms, which have more in common with their counterparts across religious lines than they do with the members of their own religions. He proposes ways to deescalate religious violence in the service of peacemaking. Readers will gain important insights into how violent religious fundamentalism works in the world's three largest religions and learn new strategies for promoting peace in the context of contemporary interreligious conflict.

Confronting a Culture of Violence

Author : United States Catholic Conference
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555860288
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Confronting a Culture of Violence written by United States Catholic Conference and published by USCCB Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the need for a moral revolution and a renewed ethic of justice, responsibility, and community. Recognizes impressive examples in dioceses, parishes, and schools across the country.

Victims of Commemoration

Author : Eray Çayli
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815655460
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Victims of Commemoration written by Eray Çayli and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-03 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Confronting the past" has become a byword for democratization. How societies and governments commemorate their violent pasts is often appraised as a litmus test of their democratization claims. Regardless of how critical such appraisals may be, they tend to share a fundamental assumption: commemoration, as a symbol of democratization, is ontologically distinct from violence. The pitfalls of this assumption have been nowhere more evident than in Turkey whose mainstream image on the world stage has rapidly descended from a regional beacon of democracy to a hotbed of violence within the space of a few recent years. In Victims of Commemoration, Eray Çayli draws upon extensive fieldwork he conducted in the prelude to the mid-2010s when Turkey’s global image fell from grace. This ethnography—the first of its kind—explores both activist and official commemorations at sites of state-endorsed violence in Turkey that have become the subject of campaigns for memorial museums. Reversing the methodological trajectory of existing accounts, Çayli works from the politics of urban and architectural space to grasp ethnic, religious, and ideological marginalization. Victims of Commemoration reveals that, whether campaigns for memorial museums bear fruit or not, architecture helps communities concentrate their political work against systemic problems. Sites significant to Kurdish, Alevi, and revolutionary-leftist struggles for memory and justice prompt activists to file petitions and lawsuits, organize protests, and build new political communities. In doing so, activists not only uphold the legacy of victims but also reject the identity of a passive victimhood being imposed on them. They challenge not only the ways specific violent pasts and their victims are represented, but also the structural violence which underpins deep-seated approaches to nationhood, publicness and truth, and which itself is a source of victimhood. Victims of Commemoration complicates our tendency to presume that violence ends where commemoration begins and that architecture’s role in both is reducible to a question of symbolism.

Morality

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541675320
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Morality written by Jonathan Sacks and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinguished religious leader's stirring case for reconstructing a shared framework of virtues and values. With liberal democracy embattled, public discourse grown toxic, family life breaking down, and drug abuse and depression on the rise, many fear what the future holds. In Morality, respected faith leader and public intellectual Jonathan Sacks traces today's crisis to our loss of a strong, shared moral code and our elevation of self-interest over the common good. We have outsourced morality to the market and the state, but neither is capable of showing us how to live. Sacks leads readers from ancient Greece to the Enlightenment to the present day to show that there is no liberty without morality and no freedom without responsibility, arguing that we all must play our part in rebuilding a common moral foundation. A major work of moral philosophy, Morality is an inspiring vision of a world in which we can all find our place and face the future without fear.