Gods and Arms : On Religion and Armed Conflict.

This book brings together a variety of perspectives on how religion can be related to violence and war - both in a destructive and constructive way. Religion can justify and mobilize violence - even terrorism or guerilla wars - just like political ideology. But how is such a link between religion an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nordquist, Kjell-Åke
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lutterworth Press, 2013.
Subjects:
War > Religious aspects.
Guerre > Aspect religieux.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > History.
War > Religious aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover ; Title Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Religion, Fundamentalism, and Conflict
  • R. Scott Appleby; 2. Religion in the Global Jihadi War
  • Mark Juergensmeyer; 3. Apocalyptic Speculations and the War of Armageddon
  • Göran Gunner; 4. "It Was the Work of Satan": Perpetrators Rationalize the Atrocities of the Rwanda Genocide
  • Anne N. Kubai; 5. In Search of Grace: Religion and the ELN
  • Jennifer Schirmer; 6. Religion, Conflict, and Peace-Building: The Case of Sri Lanka
  • Mariyahl Hoole, Nari Senanayake, and Jehan Perera
  • 7. "Peacemakers" from the "Bridge Church": The Anglican Church as A Third Party in Palestine 1920-1948
  • Maria Småberg8. Linking War and Religion: Some Observations
  • Kjell-Åke Nordquist; Back cover

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