The reality of religious violence: from biblical to modern times

Establishing the reality of religious violence: definitions, historiography and causality -- Pre-modern theories of violence -- Modern theories of violence -- Previous theories of religious violence -- Scarce resource theory and violence -- How religion creates scarce resources -- Judaism and the He...

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Main Author: Avalos, Hector 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Sheffield Sheffield Phoenix Press 2019
In: The Bible in the modern world (72)
Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Avalos, Hector, The reality of religious violence : from biblical to modern times] (2020) (Rogers, Caryn)
[Rezension von: Avalos, Hector, The reality of religious violence : from biblical to modern times] (2020) (Becking, Bob, 1951 -)
[Rezension von: Avalos, Hector, The reality of religious violence : from biblical to modern times] (2020) (Munson, Henry, 1946 -)
Series/Journal:The Bible in the modern world 72
Further subjects:B Violence
B Violence Religious aspects
B Religion
B Violence ; Religious aspects
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Summary:Establishing the reality of religious violence: definitions, historiography and causality -- Pre-modern theories of violence -- Modern theories of violence -- Previous theories of religious violence -- Scarce resource theory and violence -- How religion creates scarce resources -- Judaism and the Hebrew Bible -- Academic defenses of violence in the Hebrew Bible and in Judaism -- Christianity and the New Testament -- Academic defenses of Christian violence -- Violence in the Quran and Islam -- Academic defenses of Islamic violence -- The Nazi Holocaust -- Stalinism -- The Nation-state and secular humanist violence -- The comparative ethics of violence -- Solutions -- Foreign policy implications.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ISBN:1910928585