Introduction

Andrew R. Murphy

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages1-4
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781405191319
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 20 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Arts and Humanities

Keywords

  • "Traditions and Movements, Concepts and Themes" - relationship to violent words or deeds
  • "religious violence" on display in headlines - rhetorical tool invoked to justify violence
  • Companion to Religion and Violence - vexed issues, conceptual and interpretive tools
  • Daily headlines, news of violent conflicts - in hotspots, fired by religious rhetoric
  • Provocative claims - of the New Atheists and their critics
  • Questions unaddressed - charges and countercharges of polarized political debate
  • Relationship between religion and violence - central part of political discourse
  • Religion, one phenomena - shaping human beings, seeking meaning and value in life
  • Religious believers, encountering - neither faith traditions nor violence, through academic lenses
  • The Companion's emphasis - complex relationship between religion and violence

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