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Author: Brian K. Pennington
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-05-24
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 0195372425
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTeaching Religion and Violence is designed to help instructors to equip students to think critically about religious violence, particularly in the multicultural classroom.
Author: Paul Powers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-07-28
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 1000097641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDoes 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 relationships between religion and violence. This accessible and engaging book starts from the premise that both religion and violence are ordinary elements of social life and that rather than causing violence religion plays a crucial role in the management of violence. Ideal for any student approaching the topic of religion and violence for the first time, this core textbook includes chapter overviews and summaries, guides for applying theory to real-world events, discussion questions, and case studies. Further teaching and learning resources are available on the accompanying companion website.
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Published: 1968-10-15
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 0268161348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Faith and Violence, Thomas Merton offers concrete and pungent social criticisms grounded in prophetic faith about such issues as Vietnam, racism, violence, and war.
Author: André Gagné
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-09-16
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1000409066
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the connection between religion and violence in the Western traditions of the three Abrahamic faiths, from ancient to modern times. It addresses a gap in the scholarly debate on the nature of religious violence by bringing scholars that specialize in pre-modern religions and scriptural traditions into the same sphere of discussion as those specializing in contemporary manifestations of religious violence. Moving beyond the question of the “authenticity” of religious violence, this book brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines. Contributors explore the central role that religious texts have played in encouraging, as well as confronting, violence. The interdisciplinary conversation that takes place challenges assumptions that religious violence is a modern problem that can be fully understood without reference to religious scriptures, beliefs, or history. Each chapter focuses its analysis on a particular case study from a distinct historical period. Taken as a whole, these chapters attest to the persistent relationship between religion and violence that links the ancient and contemporary worlds. This is a dynamic collection of explorations into how religion and violence intersect. As such, it will be a key resource for any scholar of Religious Studies, Theology and Religion and Violence, as well as Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Studies.
Author: Lloyd Steffen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-05-20
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 1108848826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow Christian people have framed the meaning of violence within their faith tradition has been a complex process subject to all manner of historical, cultural, political, ethnic and theological contingencies. As a tradition encompassing widely divergent beliefs and perspectives, Christianity has, over two millennia, adapted to changing cultural and historical circumstances. To grasp the complexity of this tradition and its involvement with violence requires attention to specific elements explored in this Element: the scriptural and institutional sources for violence; the faith commitments and practices that join communities and sanction both resistance to and authorization for violence; and select historical developments that altered the power wielded by Christianity in society, culture and politics. Relevant issues in social psychology and the moral action guides addressing violence affirmed in Christian communities provide a deeper explanation for the motivations that have led to the diverse interpretations of violence avowed in the Christian tradition.
Author: Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-11
Total Pages: 670
ISBN-13: 0190270098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKViolence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence surveys intersections between religion and violence throughout history and around the world. The forty original essays in this volume include overviews of major religious traditions, showing how violence is justified within the literary and theological foundations of the tradition, how it is used symbolically and in ritual practice, and how social acts of violence and warfare have been justified by religious ideas. The essays also examine patterns and themes relating to religious violence, such as sacrifice and martyrdom, which are explored in cross-disciplinary or regional analyses; and offer major analytic approaches, from literary to social scientific studies. The contributors to this volume--innovative thinkers who are forging new directions in theory and analysis related to religion and violence--provide novel insights into this important field of studies. By mapping out the whole field of religion and violence, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence will prove an authoritative source for students and scholars for years to come.
Author: Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 330
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollection of introductory articles on teaching religious studies; extended references to major texts and basic ideas; article by J.H. Martin on Aboriginal religion annotated separately.
Author: Bryan S. Rennie
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780415442312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis timely collection by distinguished scholars provides an incisive insight into the reaction of the discipline of religious studies to the post 9/11 world.
Author: Oliver J. McTernan
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA timely exploration of the links between religious faith and global violence--and how to break them.
Author: Eleazar S. Fernandez
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2021-05-21
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1532698038
DOWNLOAD EBOOKViolent extremism is not new, but we have witnessed its rise to the point that it has become a defining issue of our time. We cannot brush it aside any longer: it characterizes who we are as a people and as a global society. Why is violent extremism rising? What are its drivers and triggers? These questions must be asked and answered first, and Teaching in a World of Violent Extremism takes up the questions and the answers. In an effort to end violent extremism, the next questions that must be pursued are these: How shall we prevent and undo extremism, especially the militant and violent kind? In this world of violent extremism, what curriculum designs, educational programs, and pedagogies shall we employ to develop competent citizens, civic leaders, and pastors, as well as resilient communities?
