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Erscheinungsdatum

04.01.2027

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Oxford University Press

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224

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Englisch

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978-0-19-781305-8

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

04.01.2027

Verlag

Oxford University Press

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224

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Englisch

ISBN

978-0-19-781305-8

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  • Produktbild: Religion and Violence: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)

    • I . Basic Questions
    • 1. Does religion cause violence?
    • 2. Why are religion and violence often linked?
    • 3. What kind of religion is associated with violence?
    • 4. What kind of violence is associated with religion?
    • 5. Hasn't religion been violent throughout history?
    • 6. Are some religions more violent than others?
    • 7. Do religious teachings goad people into violence?
    • 8. Is organized religion the problem?
    • II. Religious Terrorism
    • 1. What is religious terrorism?
    • 2. Does any religion sanction terrorism?
    • 3. Was ISIS (the Islamic State) a religious movement?
    • 4. Are Hamas and Hezbollah religious movements?
    • 5. Are Christian terrorists motivated by religion?
    • III. Religion and War
    • 1. Why do clergy bless armies?
    • 2. Is war in every religious tradition?
    • 3. Is God always on one side?
    • 4. Does God ever fight?
    • 5. Do images of war make religions more militant?
    • 6. What are holy wars?
    • 7. What are apocalyptic wars?
    • 8. What are cosmic wars?
    • IV. Symbolic Violence
    • 1. Why are religious symbols frequently bloody?
    • 2. Do religious scriptures justify war?
    • 3. Is violent death glorified in religion?
    • 4. Why do some religious persons pierce and flagellate the body?
    • 5. Do scriptural images of violence lead to real violence?
    • V. Martyrdom and Sacrifice
    • 1. Is sacrifice central to all religions?
    • 2. Has any religion sanctioned human sacrifice?
    • 3. What kind of animals are killed in animal sacrifice?
    • 4. Is self-sacrifice allowed in all religions?
    • 5. Is martyrdom the result of self-sacrifice?
    • VI. Religious Discrimination
    • 1. Does discrimination lead to violence?
    • 2. Why are people outside one's religion regarded as less than human?
    • 3. Are heretics in one's own religion hated more than people in other religions?
    • VII. Human rights and violence
    • 1. Is slavery permitted in religious scriptures?
    • 2. Are women second-class citizens in religious cultures?
    • 3. Are gay and trans people persecuted by religion?
    • VIII. State Violence and Religion
    • 1. Does religion give legitimacy to the violence of a state?
    • 2. Is religious nationalism always violent?
    • 3. Are nations with an official religion more violent?
    • IX. Questions for specific traditions
    • A. Islam
    • 1. Is Islam more violent than other religions?
    • 2. Was Muhammad a prophet, a warrior, or both?
    • 3. Did Islam spread through the sword?
    • 4. What does "jihad" mean?
    • 5. Do Sunnis and Shi'a hate each other?
    • B. Christianity
    • 1. Does Christianity have a history of violence?
    • 2. Did Jesus advocate "a sword" or "turning the other cheek"?
    • 3. Why is an execution device the symbol of Christianity?
    • 4. Does the Book of Revelation foresee a great war?
    • 5.Were the early Christians pacifists?
    • 6. What is the Christian doctrine of "Just War"?
    • 7. What about the Crusades and the Inquisition?
    • 8. Are Christian militants really religious?
    • C. Judaism
    • 1. Does Judaism sanction warfare?
    • 2. What is the meaning of "Amalek"?
    • 3. Why are Jews often targets of violence?
    • 4. Are there Jewish bases for violent acts?
    • D. Buddhism and other East Asian Religions
    • 1. Are Buddhism and other Eastern Religions the nonviolent exceptions?
    • 2. What are Buddhist justifications for violence?
    • 3. Why do Buddhists sanction warfare?
    • 4. Why do Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka hate Muslims?
    • 5. Are Asian martial arts a kind of religious violence?
    • 6. Is the Shinto religion violent?
    • 7. Is Taoism violent?
    • E. Hinduism and Jainism
    • 1. Why are Hindu epics full of violence?
    • 2. Isn't Hinduism a peaceful religion?
    • 3. Can there be Hindu violence?
    • 4. How did Gandhi explain violence and warfare in Hinduism?
    • 5. Is Jainism violent?
    • F. Sikhs
    • 1. Are Sikhs naturally militant?
    • 2. Why are images of violence so frequent in Sikh history?
    • 3. Is the Sikh separatist moment a terrorist organization?
    • 4. Can Sikhs be pacificists?
    • G. African and Indigenous Religions
    • 1. Are African indigenous religions violent?
    • 2. Are the Lord's Resistance Army and Boko Haram religions?
    • 3. Is Native American religion violent?
    • 4. Does Australian aboriginal religion bless warfare?
    • 5. Are native Polynesian warriors motivated by religion?
    • H. New Religious Movements
    • 1. Are cults violent?
    • 2. Is Scientology dangerous?
    • 3. Did the Hare Krishna movement stockpile weapons?
    • 4. Why did Japan's Aum Shinrikyo unleash nerve gas in the Tokyo subway?
    • 5. Why do groups like Heaven's Gate and Jonestown commit mass suicide?
    • X. How Religion-Related Violence Ends
    • 1. Should authorities use violence to crush religious violence?
    • 2. Is negotiation with violent religious movements ever successful?
    • 3. Is religious nonviolence ever effective?