The reality of religious violence: from biblical to modern times
Establishing the reality of religious violence: definitions, historiography and causality -- Pre-modern theories of violence -- Modern theories of violence -- Previous theories of religious violence -- Scarce resource theory and violence -- How religion creates scarce resources -- Judaism and the He...
| Published in: | The Bible in the modern world |
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| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Sheffield
Sheffield Phoenix Press
2019
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| In: |
The Bible in the modern world (72)
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Avalos, Hector, The reality of religious violence] (2020) (Rogers, Caryn)
[Rezension von: Avalos, Hector, The reality of religious violence] (2020) (Becking, Bob, 1951 -) [Rezension von: Avalos, Hector, The reality of religious violence] (2020) (Munson, Henry, 1946 -) |
| Series/Journal: | The Bible in the modern world
72 |
| Further subjects: | B
Violence
B Violence Religious aspects B Religion B Violence ; Religious aspects |
| Summary: | Establishing the reality of religious violence: definitions, historiography and causality -- Pre-modern theories of violence -- Modern theories of violence -- Previous theories of religious violence -- Scarce resource theory and violence -- How religion creates scarce resources -- Judaism and the Hebrew Bible -- Academic defenses of violence in the Hebrew Bible and in Judaism -- Christianity and the New Testament -- Academic defenses of Christian violence -- Violence in the Quran and Islam -- Academic defenses of Islamic violence -- The Nazi Holocaust -- Stalinism -- The Nation-state and secular humanist violence -- The comparative ethics of violence -- Solutions -- Foreign policy implications. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1910928585 |