The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Murphy, Andrew R.

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Produktbeschreibung

The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence. * This companion tackles one of the most important topics in the field of Religion in the twenty-first century, pulling together a unique collection of cutting-edge work * A focused collection of high-quality scholarship provides readers with a state-of-the-art account of the latest work in this field * The contributors are broad-ranging, international, and interdisciplinary, and include historians, political scientists, religious studies scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, theologians, scholars of women's and gender studies and communication

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 10.03.2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444395723
• Artikelnr.: 38306148

Autorenporträt

Andrew R. Murphy is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. His research focuses on the interconnections between religious and political thought and practice, most particularly in the Anglo-American tradition. He is the author of Conscience and Community: Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America (2001) and Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11 (2009); he is editor or co-editor of The Political Writings of William Penn (2002), Religion, Politics, and American Identity: New Directions, New Controversies (2006); and Literature, Culture, Tolerance (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Andrew R. Murphy (Rutgers) Part I: "Religion" and "Violence": Defining Terms
Defining Relationships Part II: Disciplinary Perspectives Part III: Traditions and Movements
Concepts and Themes Part IV: Case Studies: Religion and Violence
Past and Present Part V: Future Prospects: Beyond Violence? Index

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List of Illustrations xxi

Preface xxiii

To the Student: How to Use This Book xxvii

To the Teacher: How to Use This Book xxix

The Structure of the Book: The Fifth and Sixth Editions Compared xxxiii

Video and Audio Resources xxxv

PART I LANDMARKS: PERIODS, THEMES, AND PERSONALITIES OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY 1

Introduction 3

1 The Patristic Period, c.100-c.700 5

2 The Middle Ages and the Renaissance, c.700-c.1500 21

3 The Age of Reformation, c.1500-c.1750 38

4 The Modern Period, c.1750 to the Present 57

PART II SOURCES AND METHODS 815 Getting Started: Preliminaries 83

6 The Sources of Theology 104

7 Knowledge of God: Natural and Revealed 135

8 Philosophy and Theology: Dialogue and Debate 152

PART III CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY 173

9 The Doctrine of God 175

10 The Person of Jesus Christ 207

11 The Nature and Basis of Salvation 246

12 The Holy Spirit 280

13 The Trinity 299

14 Human Nature, Sin, and Grace 327

15 The Church 354

16 The Sacraments 381

17 Christianity and the World Religions 405

18 Last Things: The Christian Hope 426

Jargon-Busting: A Glossary of Theological Terms 449

Sources of Citations 456

Acknowledgments 465

Index 466