The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict

As the world approaches the tenth anniversary of 9/11 (September 11, 2001), there is a need for pause about the kind and quality of scholarship that has emerged from not simply the events of that day but also the subsequent and so-called Global War on Terror. Much of the scholarship over the last de...

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主要作者: O'Neill, Kevin Lewis (Author)
格式: 电子 Review
语言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: 2010
In: A journal of church and state
Year: 2010, 卷: 52, 发布: 1, Pages: 164-165
Review of:The myth of religious violence (New York : Oxford University Press, 2009) (O'Neill, Kevin Lewis)
The myth of religious violence (New York : Oxford University Press, 2009) (O'Neill, Kevin Lewis)
The myth of religious violence (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2009) (O'Neill, Kevin Lewis)
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总结:As the world approaches the tenth anniversary of 9/11 (September 11, 2001), there is a need for pause about the kind and quality of scholarship that has emerged from not simply the events of that day but also the subsequent and so-called Global War on Terror. Much of the scholarship over the last decade has been timely. Much more of it has been alarmist. Written in the style of an intervention, with a robust appreciation for the power of myth on human action and comprehension, William Cavanaugh's The Myth of Religious Violence represents a long awaited voice of reason. Cavanaugh's book centers on the tendency for scholars to understand religion as violent—as promoting violence, as having the means to incite violence, as being comprised of violent characters.
ISSN:2040-4867
Contains:Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csq039