244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
243 Pages
by
Routledge
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Faith, War, and Violence analyzes the age-old links between religion and violence perpetrated in the name of God, and the role religion performs in politically infusing the state with romantic spiritualism. The volume examines instances of this phenomenon from ancient Rome to the modern day; it finds that religion-inspired violence is not restricted to Abrahamic faiths or to one geographic... Read more
Introduction Gabriel R. Ricci 1.'Abdullah'Azzm The Ideology behind Al-Q'ida Asaf Maliach 2. The Arab Spring and the Religious Agenda Jonathan Fine 3. Sikhism, the Seduction of Modernism, and the Question of Violence Nicholas F. Gier 4. The Catholic Church, Violence, and the Nationalist Struggles in Ireland, 1798 1998 Oliver Rafferty, SJ 5. Responsibility and Limitation: The Early Christian Church and War Darrell Cole 6. The Medieval Papacy and Holy War: General Crusading Letters and Papal Authority, 1145 1213 Rebecca Rist 7. Generosity . . . in the Slavery of This Brave Cavalier: Sanctity Honor and Religious Violence in the French Mediterranean Brian Sandberg 8. Deferral of War: The Religious Sign System of Ritual Violence Christopher S. Morrissey 9. Martyrs of Liberty: Open-Air Preaching and Popular Violence in Victorian Britain and Ireland Mark Doyle 10. Moral Injury: A Case Study in the Intersection of Religion and Violence Kathryn McClymond and Anthony F. Lemieux 11. Marshall McLuhan and the Machiavellian Use of Religious Violence Grant N. Havers 12. The Trenches of Capernaum, 1914 1918 Yves Pourcher Contributors
Biography
Gabriel R. Ricci
