Belief and Bloodshed - Religion and Violence Across Time and Tradition

Informationen zum Autor Edited by James K. Wellman Jr. - Contributions by Scott Noegel; Sarah Culpepper Stroup; Michael Berger; Charles McDaniel; Paul Stephenson; Jon Pahl; David Atwill; Marianne Kamp; Charles Keyes; Marion Goldman; Joel Black and Bruce Lincoln Klappentext Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence, Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition discusses how the relationship between religion and violence is not unique to a post-9/11 world-it has existed throughout all of recorded history and culture. Zusammenfassung Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence, Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition discusses how the relationship between religion and violence is not unique to a post-9/11 world—it has existed throughout all of recorded history and culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction: Religion and Violence: Past, Present and Future Part 2 The Ancient and Medieval World Chapter 2 Dismemberment, Creation, and Ritual: Images of Divine Violence in the Ancient Near East Chapter 3 Making Memory: Ritual, Rhetoric, and Violence in the Roman Triumph Chapter 4 Taming the Beast: Rabbinic Pacification of Second Century Jewish Nationalism Chapter 5 Violent Yearnings for the Kingdom of God: Münster's Militant Anabaptism Chapter 6 Imperial Christianity and Sacred War in Byzantium Chapter 7 Founding an Empire of Sacrifice: Innocent Domination and the Quaker Martyrs of Boston, 1659-1661 Part 7 The Modern World Chapter 8 Holy Culture Wars: Patterns of Ethno-Religious Violence in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century China Chapter 9 Femicide as Terrorism: The Case of Uzbekistan's Unveiling Chapter 10 Monks, Guns and Peace: Theravada Buddhism and Political Violence Chapter 11 Avoiding Mass Violence at Rajneeshpuram Chapter 12 "Obliterating an Idol of the Modern Age": The New Iconoclasm from the Twin Buddhas to the Twin Towers Chapter 13 Is War Normal for American Evangelical Religion? Chapter 14 On Political Theology, Imperial Ambitions, and Messianic Pretensions: Some Ancient and Modern Continuities...

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• Authors: James K. Wellman, James K. (EDT) Wellman, James K. Jr. Wellman
• Assisted by: James K Jr Wellman (Editor), James K. Wellman (Editor), James K. Jr. Wellman (Editor), Wellman James K. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2007
• EAN: 9780742558236
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5823-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, History of Religion, Violence in society, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Violence and abuse in society