Religion and Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the PresentFirst Published in 2015. Daily newspaper headlines, talk radio and cable television broadcasts, and Internet news web sites continuously highlight the relationship between religion and violence. These media contain stories about such diverse incidents as suicide attacks by Islamic fundamentalists in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, and elsewhere, and assassinations of doctors who perform abortions by white American Christian true believers in the United States. How does one make sense of the role of religion in violence, and of perpetrators of violence who cite religion as a motivation? This encyclopedia includes a wide range of entries: biographies of key figures, historical events, religious groups, countries and regions where religion and violence have intersected, and practices, rituals, and processes of religious violence. |
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Asia Central | |
Assassins Hashshashin | |
Aum Shinrikyo | |
Beam Louis Jr 1946 | |
Bloody Sunday | |
Butler Richard Girnt 19182004 | |
Chinese Folk Religion | |
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Religion and Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from ..., Volume 1 Jeffrey Ian Ross No preview available - 2011 |
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