Religion and Violence in Western Traditions

Selected Studies
Herausgeber: Gagné, André; Oegema, Gerbern S; Guyver, Jennifer

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the connection between religion and violence in the Western traditions of the three Abrahamic faiths, from ancient to modern times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780367474362
• ISBN-10: 0367474360
• Artikelnr.: 62224456

Autorenporträt

André Gagné is Full Professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Concordia University. He was Directeur d'études invité at l¿École pratique des hautes études in Paris in 2017. Dr. Gagné is also a Full Member of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (Concordia) and a Co-Researcher with the Centre d¿expertise de formation sur les intégrismes religieux, les idéologies politiques et la radicalisation (CEFIR). Jennifer Guyver is a PhD candidate in the School of Religious Studies at McGill University. Jennifer is also a freelance academic editor and translator. Alongside researching and editing, she is currently working on a research project studying the impact of Quebec laicity on the career choice. Gerbern S. Oegema is Professor of religion at McGill University, he is the founder and first director of the McGill Center for Research on Religion (CREOR) as well as the founder and first chair of the Council of theological Education in Montreal.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Religion and Violence in Western Traditions-André Gagné,
Jennifer Guyver, and Gerbern S. Oegema; 1 "I will be an enemy to your
enemies": The Genocidal Ideal in the Hebrew Bible and its Legacy-Frances
Flannery; 2 Turn the Cheek but Buy a Sword: Responding to Violence in
Luke-Acts-David Anthony Basham; 3 Anabaptists and the Apocalypse: The
Makings of a Cosmic War in Münster-Jennifer Otto; 4 "Ruling [the Church] to
its destruction and leading souls to hell in masses": Violence, Victimhood
and Self-Defence in the Conciliarist Discourse of Jacques Almain-Shaun
Retallick; 5 Fearful Symmetry: Revelation, Hellboy, and Pop Apocalyptic
Violence-Aaron Ricker; 6 Inciting Genocide in Rwanda and the Reception of
the Bible: "When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the
sword all the men in it"-Spyridon Loumakis; 7 Jihadism and the Family in
Europe: The Anthropology of the Jihadist Family-Farhad Khosrokhavar; 8
Mediatization of Religious Violence: Information and Obscenity-Stefan
Bratosin; 9 Protecting the Legitimacy of State Violence Through Laïcité:
the Case of Quebec-Jennifer Guyver; 10 Battling the Plague: Spiritual
Warfare, COVID-19 and the Demonization of Political Adversaries-André Gagné