Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence

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ISBN: 9781616142186 | 1616142189
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/1/2010

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Goes a long way toward helping us understand the nature of violence generally, its complicated connections with religion, and how society in the future might avoid being blindsided by the worst aspects of human nature.

Introduction	p. 7
Understanding Violence	p. 11
What Is Violence?	p. 12
What Makes Violence Possible-and Likely?	p. 16
A Model of Expanding Violence	p. 18
Conclusion: Hurting without Feeling Bad-or Feeling Anything at All	p. 43
Understanding Religion	p. 45
What Is Religion?	p. 46
Populating the Religious Domain: Beings, Forces, and "Types" of Religion	p. 52
"Local" versus "World" Religions	p. 65
The Functions of Religion: Explanation, Control, and Legitimation	p. 69
Conclusion: Society, Supernatural Agents, and Violence	p. 76
Sacrifice	p. 81
What Is Sacrifice?	p. 82
The Diversity of Sacrifice	p. 85
Theories of Sacrifice: Girard and Burkert	p. 105
Toward a Better Understanding of Sacrifice	p. 108
Self-Injury	p. 117
Religious Self-Mortification: A Cry of Pain to the Spirits	p. 120
Asceticism: Religious Athletes	p. 133
Pain, but What Gain?	p. 143
Martyrdom: Death on Principle	p. 149
The Selfish Selflessness of Martyrs and Other Self-Mortifiers	p. 158
Persecution	p. 161
What Is Persecution?	p. 162
Religious Persecution in the Ancient/Non-Christian World	p. 168
Early Persecution of Christians	p. 170
Early Persecution by Christians	p. 173
Persecution in Islam	p. 184
The Persecution of Witches	p. 188
Persecution of Religion by Antireligion	p. 191
Persecution by the American Religious Right	p. 197
The Virtues of Persecuting-and Being Persecuted	p. 201
Ethnoreligious Conflict	p. 207
Ethnicity, Culture, Religion, and Conflict	p. 208
Ethnoreligious Conflict in the Modern World	p. 215
Why Ethnoreligious Conflict Now?	p. 238
War	p. 241
The Religion and the War in "Religious War"	p. 242
Religious War among the Ancient Hebrews	p. 252
"Holy War" in Christianity: The Crusades	p. 256
"Holy War" in Christianity: The European Religious Wars	p. 260
The Taiping "Rebellion" in China	p. 263
Islam and Jihad	p. 267
War in Hinduism	p. 275
"Fighting Orders": Saintly Soldiers	p. 279
The Mythology of War	p. 283
Homicide and Abuse	p. 291
When Is Religious Crime "Religious" and "Crime"?	p. 292
Religious Homicide	p. 297
Religious Abuse: Women and Spouses	p. 311
Religious Abuse of Children	p. 319
But Religion Is Supposed to Make People "Good" and "Moral"	p. 327
Religion and Nonviolence	p. 331
What Is Nonviolence?	p. 333
Religions of Nonviolence	p. 342
The Religious Contribution to Nonviolence	p. 360
Notes	p. 373
Bibliography	p. 407
Index	p. 427
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