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The aim of Religion and Violence is to engage dialectically key
symbols of religiously motivated violence through the insights of
Bernard Lonergan. Sociologists and psychologists argue the link
between religion and violence, but religion is viewed more as part
of the problem and not part of the solution to violence. Bernard
Lonergan's insights have helped the author arrive at a number of
conclusions regarding the link between religion and violence. He
argues that there is a difference between distorted religion and
genuine religion, between authenticity and inauthenticity of the
subject. Distorted religion has the capacity to shape traditions in
ways that justify violence, while genuine religion heals persons,
helps them make different moral decisions when confronted with
situations of conflict, and aims to explore new ways of
understanding themselves as shaping history toward progress.
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