Violence in God's Name: Religion in an Age of ConflictOrbis Books, 2003 - 192 páginas A timely exploration of the links between religious faith and global violence--and how to break them. |
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... faith - based terrorism . To under- estimate the power of religious conviction is to misjudge the seriousness of the threat that religiously motivated terrorism poses . I argue that the crisis facing the world today calls for a more ...
... faith - based terrorism . To under- estimate the power of religious conviction is to misjudge the seriousness of the threat that religiously motivated terrorism poses . I argue that the crisis facing the world today calls for a more ...
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... faith is not to blame for any of the current - day atrocities stems from a deeply ingrained conviction that religion by itself is incapable of inspiring such actions . To focus on religious motives , many political and social scientists ...
... faith is not to blame for any of the current - day atrocities stems from a deeply ingrained conviction that religion by itself is incapable of inspiring such actions . To focus on religious motives , many political and social scientists ...
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... faith of the ruler is the faith of the realm or the state - Westphalia in fact turned religion into a powerful social agent that was used to enforce the cultural identity of the colonizers as European princes and governments expanded ...
... faith of the ruler is the faith of the realm or the state - Westphalia in fact turned religion into a powerful social agent that was used to enforce the cultural identity of the colonizers as European princes and governments expanded ...
Contenido
The Clash of Paradigms | 1 |
Religion Matters | 20 |
Religion and the Legitimization of Violence | 45 |
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Violence in God's Name: Religion in an Age of Conflict Oliver J. McTernan Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
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Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka Deegalle Mahinda Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |
Buddhism, Power and Political Order Ian Charles Harris,Becket Institute Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |