Gods and Arms: On Religion and Armed Conflict Contributor(s): Nordquist, Kjell-Ake (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0718893166 ISBN-13: 9780718893163 Publisher: Lutterworth Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theology - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 174 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book brings together a variety of perspectives on how religion can be related to violence and war - both in a destructive and constructive way. Religion can justify and mobilize violence - even terrorism or guerilla wars - just like political ideology. But how is such a link between religion and violent behavior established in the first place? How can we go further in understanding this possible connection between religion and war? Is religious peace work just the flip side of religioussupport of war? Or can peace work be informed by knowing about how religion promotes violence and war? In the search for answers to the puzzle of religion and war, it is easy to focus on conflict and war situations, but maybe there is as much to learn from peace work as from war studies? Therefore, this book also analyses religious peace work from different contexts. The multifaceted presence of religion in conflict situations - whether justifying violence or promoting peace - is illustratedin this book using a variety of situations, in an enlightening panorama of one of today's must puzzling social connections: religion and armed conflict. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nordquist, Kjell-Ake: - "Kjell-Åke Nordquist - Visiting Professor, Stockholm School of Theology, Stockholm, Sweden and Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden" |