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The Destructive Power of Religion - Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover, Updated Ed)
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The Destructive Power of Religion - Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover, Updated Ed)
Series: Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality
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Whether they fly airplanes into the World Trade Center or Pentagon;
blow up ships, ports, and federal buildings, kill doctors and
nurses at abortion clinics, exterminate contemporary Palestinians,
or kill Israeli soldiers with suicide bombs, destructive
religionists are all shaped by the same unconscious apocalyptic
metaphors, and by the divine example and imperative to violence. In
this condensed edition of a multivolume set covering how Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam all incorporate core metaphors that can
spur violence, experts explain religious notions that fuel
terrorism and other horrific actions. The contributors warn that
until destructive metaphors are removed from the Western psyche, an
end to religious violence will not be possible. Hailed in reviews
as unsettling but thought-provoking, compelling, and critical
coverage, the set from which these chapters were drawn has a core
theme that demonstrates the three major religions share the ancient
notion that history and the human soul are caught in a cosmic
conflict between good and evil, or God and devil, which cannot be
resolved without violence, a cataclysmic final solution such as the
extermination of nations, the execution of humans, or even the
death of God's own son. As Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote, This is a
groundbreaking work with tremendous insight.
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