Violence and the sacred in the modern world. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mark Juergensmeyer.
• Editors: Juergensmeyer, Mark
• Contents: 1. Editor’s Introduction: Is Symbolic Violence Related to Real Violence? Mark Juergensmeyer 2. Violence Against Violence: Islam in Comparative Context Mark R. Anspach 3. Sacrifice and Fratricide in Shiite Lebanon Martin Kramer 4. Violence and Catastrophe in the Theology of Rabbi Meir Kahane: The Ideologization of Mimetic Desire Ehud Sprinzak 5. The Mythologies of Religious Radicalism: Judaism and Islam Emmanuel Sivan 6. The Islamic Idiom of Violence: A View from Indonesia Bruce B. Lawrence 7. Sacrifice and Cosmic War Mark Juergensmeyer 8. Some General Observations on Religion and Violence David C. Rapoport 9. A Response: Reflections from the Perspective of Mimetic Theory René Girard and Mark R. Anspach
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 201.76332; Violence -- Religious aspects; Terrorism -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429670510; 9780429672002; 9780429669026; 9780429020315
• Related ISBNs: 9780367030865
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