This book brings together a variety of perspectives on how religion
can be related to violence and war - both in a destructive and
constructive way. Religion can justify and mobilize violence - even
terrorism or guerilla wars - just like political ideology. But how
is such a link between religion and violent behavior established in
the first place? How can we go further in understanding this
possible connection between religion and war? Is religious peace
work just the flip side of religious support of war? Or can peace
work be informed by knowing about how religion promotes violence
and war? In the search for answers to the puzzle of religion and
war, it is easy to focus on conflict and war situations, but maybe
there is as much to learn from peace work as from war studies?
Therefore, this book also analyses religious peace work from
different contexts. The multifaceted presence of religion in
conflict situations - whether justifying violence or promoting
peace - is illustrated in this book using a variety of situations,
in an enlightening panorama of one of today's must puzzling social
connections: religion and armed conflict.
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