Postscript: Symbolic Empowerment of Religious Violence

This summary essay looks at what the essays in this special issue have in common. It concludes that these are all instances of what might be called symbolic empowerment related to religious violence. Though the violence is real enough in each of these cases, the role of religion in relation to it is...

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Main Author: Juergensmeyer, Mark 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center 2014
In: Journal of religion and violence
Year: 2014, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 352-356
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