| Weep Not for Your Children: Essays on Religion and Violence Contributor(s): Isherwood, Lisa (Author), Radford Ruether, Rosemary (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845532449 ISBN-13: 9781845532444 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: We live in violent times and it is very tempting to make easy and nave associations of good and bad, the righteous and the axis of evil. The articles in this book refuse to make such simple, uncritical and comforting distinctions. Indeed, they ask that we look to the origins of our own cultural/religious constructs to see what violence may lurk there and to realize that many acts of violence go almost unnoticed under the umbrella of societal norms or religious morality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Religion |
| Dewey: 201.763 |
| LCCN: 2006015894 |
| Series: Religion and Violence |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.45" W x 9.2" (0.92 lbs) 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Violence remains endemic in today's society. Religious morality and social prejudice can lead to many acts of violence going unnoticed. 'Weep Not for Your Children' presents a selection of essays that examine the ways in which religion and violence interconnect. The presence of violence in the origins of cultural and religious norms is examined. The essays cover a wide range of examples of violence: from the Holocaust to domestic violence and from the violence created by economic systems to that created by the construction of gender itself. 'Weep Not for Your Children' challenges and provokes the reader to think beyond traditional associations of good and evil. |