296 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
296 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
296 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Does religion cause much of the world’s violence? Is religion inherently violent? Would violence disappear if religion did? Is true religion a force for peace? Is religion a mask for power and self-interest? What aspects of religion make violence more—or less—likely?
Religion and Violence: A Religious Studies Approach explores the potential of classic social theories to shed light on the... Read more
Preface
- Introduction: Religion and the Management of Violence
- Maximalism, Minimalism, and a Way Forward
- Karl Marx, Marxists, and Marxians: Religion, Oppression, and Revolution
- Émile Durkheim: Religion as Social Grouping and Social Grappling
- Victor Turner: Liminal States, Social Stability, and Social Upheaval
- Max Weber on Asceticism: Breaking the World to Save It
- Modernization, Secularization, and their Discontents
- Church-Sect-Cult: Social Formation and Patterns of Violence
- Some Building Blocks of Religion and Violence
- The Special Case of Islam?
Appendix: Toward a Typology of Violence in RV
Biography
Paul R. Powers is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Lewis & Clark College, USA.
