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The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence
Av Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
968 kr
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Violence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence surveys intersections between religion and violence throughout history and around the world.The …
Violence and the World's Religious Traditions
An Introduction
Av JUERGENSMEYER, Mark Juergensmeyer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2750 kr
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Though much has been written about particular forms of violence related to religion, such as sacrificial rites and militant martyrdom, there have been few efforts to survey the phenomena in all of the world's major religious traditions, historically and in the present, viewing the subject in …
Violence and the World's Religious Traditions
An Introduction
Av Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
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504 kr
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Though much has been written about particular forms of violence related to religion, such as sacrificial rites and militant martyrdom, there have been few efforts to survey the phenomena in all of the world's major religious traditions, historically and in the present, viewing the subject in …
Violence and the World's Religious Traditions
An Introduction
Av Michael Jerryson, Margo Kitts m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
343 kr
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Is religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold War have shown a noticeable shift in patterns of religious extremism, accentuating the uncomfortable, complex, and oft-misunderstood relationship …
Violence and the World's Religious Traditions
An Introduction
Av Michael Jerryson, Margo Kitts m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
343 kr
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Is religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold War have shown a noticeable shift in patterns of religious extremism, accentuating the uncomfortable, complex, and oft-misunderstood relationship …
Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation
Religious Perspectives on Suicide
Inbunden, 2018
2352 kr
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Death is an element at the center of all religious imagination. Analysts from Freud to Agamben have pondered religion's fascination with death, and religious art is saturated with images of suffering unto death. As this volume shows, religious fascination with death extends to the notion of …
Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation
Religious Perspectives on Suicide
Av Margo Kitts
Häftad, 2018
715 kr
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Death is an element at the center of all religious imagination. Analysts from Freud to Agamben have pondered religion's fascination with death, and religious art is saturated with images of suffering unto death. As this volume shows, religious fascination with death extends to the notion of …
Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation
Religious Perspectives on Suicide
Av Margo Kitts
E-bok, 2018
489 kr
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Suicide in the forms of martyrdom, self-sacrifice, or self-immolation is perennially controversial: Should it rightly be termed suicide? Does religion sanction it? Should it be celebrated or anathematized? At least some idealization of such self-chosen deaths is found in every religious tradition …
Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation
Religious Perspectives on Suicide
Av Margo Kitts
E-bok, 2018
489 kr
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Suicide in the forms of martyrdom, self-sacrifice, or self-immolation is perennially controversial: Should it rightly be termed suicide? Does religion sanction it? Should it be celebrated or anathematized? At least some idealization of such self-chosen deaths is found in every religious tradition …
Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence
Av Michael Jerryson, Margo Kitts m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
660 kr
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Violence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence surveys intersections between religion and violence throughout history and around the world.The …
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence
Av Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
3064 kr
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Violence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence surveys intersections between religion and violence throughout history and around the world. The …
Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society
Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad
Av Margo Kitts
Häftad, 2012
654 kr
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In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she then traces …
Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society
Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad
Av Margo Kitts
Inbunden, 2005
1704 kr
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In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she then traces …
Princeton Readings in Religion and Violence
Av Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts
Häftad, 2011
325 kr
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This groundbreaking anthology provides the most comprehensive overview for understanding the fascinating relationship between religion and violence - historically, culturally, and in the contemporary world. Bringing together writings from scholarly and religious traditions, it is the first volume …
Sacrifice
Themes, Theories, and Controversies
Av Margo Kitts
E-bok, 2022
284 kr
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After over a century of grand theorizing about the universal dimensions to the practice of ritual sacrifice, scholars now question the analytical utility of the notion writ large. The word ''sacrifice'' (Latin sacrificium) itself frequently is broken down into its Latin roots, sacer, sacred, and …
Sacrifice
Themes, Theories, and Controversies
Av Margo Kitts
E-bok, 2022
287 kr
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After over a century of grand theorizing about the universal dimensions to the practice of ritual sacrifice, scholars now question the analytical utility of the notion writ large. The word ''sacrifice'' (Latin sacrificium) itself frequently is broken down into its Latin roots, sacer, sacred, and …
Elements of Ritual and Violence
Av Margo Kitts
Häftad, 2018
302 kr
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Ritualized violence is by definition not haphazard or random, but seemingly intentional and often ceremonial. It has a long history in religious practice, as attested in texts and artifacts from the earliest civilizations. It is equally evident in the behaviors of some contemporary religious …
Elements of Ritual and Violence
Av Margo Kitts
E-bok, 2018
294 kr
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Ritualized violence is by definition not haphazard or random, but seemingly intentional and often ceremonial. It has a long history in religious practice, as attested in texts and artifacts from the earliest civilizations. It is equally evident in the behaviors of some contemporary religious …
The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
Av Margo Kitts
Häftad, 2023
471 kr
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This Companion offers a global, comparative history of the interplay between religion and war from ancient times to the present. Moving beyond sensationalist theories that seek to explain why 'religion causes war,' the volume takes a thoughtful look at the connection between religion and war …
The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
Av Margo Kitts
Inbunden, 2023
1384 kr
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This Companion offers a global, comparative history of the interplay between religion and war from ancient times to the present. Moving beyond sensationalist theories that seek to explain why 'religion causes war,' the volume takes a thoughtful look at the connection between religion and war …
Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
Av Margo Kitts
E-bok, 2023
457 kr
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This Companion offers a global, comparative history of the interplay between religion and war from ancient times to the present. Moving beyond sensationalist theories that seek to explain why ''religion causes war,'' the volume takes a thoughtful look at the connection between religion and war …
Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
Av Margo Kitts
E-bok, 2023
447 kr
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This Companion offers a global, comparative history of the interplay between religion and war from ancient times to the present. Moving beyond sensationalist theories that seek to explain why ''religion causes war,'' the volume takes a thoughtful look at the connection between religion and war …
Sacrifice
Themes, Theories, and Controversies
Av Margo Kitts
Häftad, 2022
276 kr
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After over a century of grand theorizing about the universal dimensions to the practice of ritual sacrifice, scholars now question the analytical utility of the notion writ large. The word 'sacrifice' (Latin sacrificium) itself frequently is broken down into its Latin roots, sacer, sacred, and …
Princeton Readings in Religion and Violence
Av Margo Kitts, Mark Juergensmeyer
E-bok, 2011
419 kr
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An anthology that examines the historical and contemporary relationship between religion and violence This groundbreaking anthology provides the most comprehensive overview for understanding the fascinating relationship between religion and violence—historically, culturally, and in the contemporary …
Buddhist Violence and Religious Authority
A Tribute to the Work of Michael Jerryson
Av Mark Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1156 kr
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This volume is a tribute to the work of Michael Jerryson, one of the initiators of the academic discourse on Buddhism and violence whose intellectual pursuits have resulted in a trailblazing shift in the academic study of Buddhism. Preconceived in the modern west as a pacific, chiefly meditative …
Violence, Conspiracies, and New Religious Movements
A Tribute to James R. Lewis
Av Equinox Publishing, Margo Kitts
Inbunden, 2024
1237 kr
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Stimulated by the vast scholarly output of James Lewis, experts opine on violence, conspiracies, and new religious movements. On violence, Mark Juergensmeyer explains his “epistemic worldview analysis” in interviewing religious terrorists; Michael Barkun transnational conspiracy theories such as …
Violence, Conspiracies, and New Religious Movements
A Tribute to James R. Lewis
Av Equinox Publishing, Margo Kitts
Häftad, 2024
421 kr
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Stimulated by the vast scholarly output of James Lewis, experts opine on violence, conspiracies, and new religious movements. On violence, Mark Juergensmeyer explains his “epistemic worldview analysis” in interviewing religious terrorists; Michael Barkun transnational conspiracy theories such as …
