The Ambivalence of the Sacred - Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation (Hardcover)

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. Yet religion's ability to inspire violence is intimately related to its equally impressive power as a force for peace, especially in the growing number of conflicts around the world that involve religious claims and religiously inspired combatants. 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.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Release date:	November 1999
First published:	November 1999
Authors:	Scott R. Appleby
Foreword by:	Theodore M Hesburgh
Dimensions:	242 x 164 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-0-8476-8554-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General
LSN:	0-8476-8554-3
Barcode:	9780847685547

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