War and Peace: Essays on Religion and Violence - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1783083301 ISBN 13: 9781783083305

Casa editrice: Anthem Press, 2014

Riassunto

Reflections on Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” these original essays examine various facets of violence and human efforts to create peace. Religion is deeply involved in both processes: ones that produce violence and ones that seek to create harmony. In the war on terror, radical religion is often seen to be a major cause of inter-group violence. However, these essays show a much more complex picture in which religion is often on the receiving end of conflict that has its origin in the actions of the state in response to tensions between majorities and minorities. As this volume demonstrates, the more public religion becomes, the more likely it is to be imbricated in communal strife.

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Recensione:

“No one works harder to better effect than Bryan Turner. In ‘War and Peace,’ he and a select number of New York colleagues reframe the deep structural failure of modern society. Anyone who cares about peace and a world at war with itself cannot but be enlightened by this book.” —Charles Lemert, Senior Fellow, Center for Comparative Research, Yale University

Descrizione del libro:

“War and Peace: Essays on Religion and Violence” explores the role of religion in war and peace through nine original contributions that examine a range of case studies from different historical periods. 

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• Editore: Anthem Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1783083301
• ISBN 13: 9781783083305
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 230
• Redattore: Turner Bryan S.