The Ambivalence of the Sacred
Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation
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ISBN-13:
9780847685547
Veröffentl:
1999
Einband:
HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.12.1999
Seiten:
444
Autor:
Scott R. Appleby
Gewicht:
869 g
Format:
235x157x31 mm
Serie:
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Terrorists and peacemakers may grow up in the same community and adhere to the same religious tradition. The killing carried out by one and the reconciliation fostered by the other indicate the range of dramatic and contradictory responses to human suffering by religious actors. This book explains what religious terrorists and religious peacemakers share in common, what causes them to take different paths in fighting injustice, and how a deeper understanding of religious extremism can and must be integrated more effectively into our thinking about tribal, regional, and international conflict.
This text explains what religious terrorists and religious peacemakers share in common and what causes them to take different paths in fighting injustice. It proposes that a deeper understanding of religious extension must be integrated more effectively into our thinking about conflict.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Powerful Medicine Chapter 2 The Unfolding Response to the Sacred Chapter 3 Religion's Violent Accomplices Chapter 4 Violence as a Sacred Duty Chapter 5 Militants for Peace Chapter 6 Reconciliation and the Politics of Forgiveness Chapter 7 Religion and Conflict Transformation Chapter 8 Religious Human Rights and Interreligious Peace Building Chapter 9 Ambivalence as Opportunity