The (de)legitimization of violence in sacred and human contexts. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Muhammad Shafiq, Thomas Donlin-Smith.
• Editors: Shafiq, Muhammad; Donlin-Smith, Thomas Herrold
• Contents: 1 Introduction Thomas Donlin-Smith Part I - In Sacred Context 2 Violence and The Cross: The Affinity Between Theories of Atonement and Christian Attitudes Towards War and Peace Jeffrey A. McPherson 3 Facing Down Fear: John Chrysostom's Answer to Violence Demetrios E. Tonias 4 The Parable of the Wedding Protest: Matthew 22:1-14 and Nonviolent Re-sistance Marie Hause 5 Refuting the Violent Image of God in the Book of Joshua 6-12 Niveen Sarras 6 The Conflict of War: Unresolved Challenges and Sentiments in Jewish Sources Saundra Sterling Epstein 7 Remodeling the Paradigm of Religious Inference and Decision Making in Islam: Converting Dogmatism into a Positive and Vibrant Human Activity Muhammad Akhtar Saeed Siddiqi 8 Violence or its De-Legitimization? Conflicting Views from the Hindu World Nawaraj Chaulagain 9 Speak Dhamma but Carry a Big Stick: Violence in Early Buddhist Dis-course John Thompson Part II - In Human Context 10 War and Religious Discourse in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Andrii Krawchuk 11 The Quest for Radical Islamism and the War on Terror in Indonesia Etin Anwar 12 The Violent Wahhabism and the Use of Islamic Texts to Justify Armed Violence Against Muslims and Non-Muslims Abdoul Aziz Gaye 13 Embracing Nonviolence: Pope Francis and Catholic Teaching on War John Sniegocki 14 Covert Violence: Counting Cultural Trauma at the Intersection of ATR, Islam, and Neoliberalism in Africa William Glennon 15 The Myth of Islam as Inherently Violent Fatih Harpci 16 'Heads Will Roll:' Decapitations in Mughal Painting – Persecution or Punishment? Michael D. Calabria 17 Islamophobia and the Far Right in Modern Germany, 2008-2018: An In-troduction Christian Van Gorder Concluding Remarks Index.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 201.7273; Political violence -- Religious aspects; Religion and sociology; Religion -- History; Terrorism -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030511258
• Related ISBNs: 9783030511241
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