Format:
x, 217 Seiten
Edition:
First [edition]
ISBN:
9781108452854
,
9781108429009
Content:
Is there an inevitable global violent clash unfolding between the world's largest religions: Islam and Christianity? Do religions cause violent conflicts, or are there other factors at play? How can we make sense of increasing reports of violence between Christian and Muslim ethnic communities across the world? By seeking to answer such questions about the relationship between religion and violence in today's world, Ziya Meral challenges popular theories and offers an alternative explanation, grounded on insights inferred from real cases of ethno-religious violence in Africa and the Middle East. The relationship between religion and violence runs deep and both are intrinsic to the human story. Violence leads to and shapes religion, while religion acts to enable violence as well as providing responses that contain and prevent it. However, with religious violence being one of the most serious challenges facing the modern world, Meral shows that we need to de-globalise our analysis and focus on individual conflicts, instead of attempting to provide single answers to complex questions.-- Publisher's description
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction
,
Religious violence in Nigeria
,
Religious violence in Egypt
,
Comparative analysis of violence in Nigeria and Egypt
,
Religion and violence in a global age
,
Conclusion
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Meral, Ziya How violence shapes religion Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018 ISBN 9781108553964
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Ägypten
;
Nigeria
;
Religion
;
Gewalttätigkeit
;
Islam
;
Christentum
DOI:
10.1017/9781108553964
