The path to salvation : religious violence from the Crusades to Jihad /

"In the wake of 9/11, policy analysts, journalists, and academics have tried to make sense of the rise of militant Islam, particularly its role as a motivating and legitimating force for violence against the United States. The general perception is that Islam is more violence-prone than other r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gregg, Heather S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Dulles, VA] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Temas:
Violence > Religious aspects > History.
Violence > Aspect religieux > Histoire.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Reference.
Violence > Religious aspects.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Religion: love, peace, and the two salvations
  • The causes of religious violence: from social movements to hastening the apocalypse
  • The Christian crusades: from pilgrims to holy warriors
  • Ayodhya: the Hindu nationalist battle for hindutva
  • Buddhist violence in sri lanka: defending the dhammadipa
  • Defending the dar al Islam: jihad in the nineteenth century and today
  • Zion: the battle to define the Jewish nation and state
  • How religious violence ends: spiritualizing the battle.

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