Religion and Violence in Western Traditions: Selected Studies
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Note -- 1. "I will be an enemy to your enemies": the genocidal ideal in the Hebrew Bible and its legacy -- Introduction -- Enemy formation, identity, and vi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge Studies in Religion Ser.
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ Judaism
/ Islam
/ Violence
/ War of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Abrahamic Religions B Violence Religious aspects B Violence-Religious aspects B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780367474362 |
| Summary: | Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Note -- 1. "I will be an enemy to your enemies": the genocidal ideal in the Hebrew Bible and its legacy -- Introduction -- Enemy formation, identity, and violence in the Hebrew Bible -- Ḥerem as sacralized violence -- Ḥerem as genocide -- Ḥerem as eschatological violence -- The War Scroll (1QM) and the Jewish Wars with Rome -- Opposition to apocalyptic genocide within Judaism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2. Turn the cheek but buy a sword: responding to violence in Luke-Acts -- Introduction -- Turning the other cheek -- A contrast in missions -- Staged fulfillment? -- The temptation to fight -- The presence of swords -- It is enough -- Jesus' arrest -- Jesus as Messiah in Luke-Acts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3. Anabaptists and the apocalypse: the makings of a cosmic war in Münster -- Introduction -- The life and career of Melchior Hoffman, Herald of the apocalypse -- How the Melchiorites became Münsterites -- How the Münsterites became militants -- The siege of Münster as a cosmic war -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. "Ruling [the Church] to its destruction and leading souls to hell in masses": violence, victimhood, and self-defence in the conciliarist discourse of Jacques Almain -- Introduction -- The organic analogy and ius to self-defence -- A biological body -- A political body -- The mystical body of Christ -- Papal violence against the whole Church -- The Church as a non-corporate collective -- Concern for the Church as the faithful -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5. Fearful symmetry: revelation, Hellboy, and pop apocalyptic violence -- Introduction -- Revelation's Christ/Antichrist complex -- Hellboy's Christ/Antichrist complex. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (187 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1000409066 |