Understanding Religious Violence: Radicalism and Terrorism in Religion Explored via Six Case Studies

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This book addresses the problem of religiously based conflict and violence via six case studies. It stresses particularly the structural and relational aspects of religion as providing a sense of order and a networked structure that enables people to pursue quite prosaic and earthly concerns. The book examines how such concerns link material and spiritual salvation into a holy alliance. As such, whilst the religions concerned may be different, they address the same problems and provide similar explanations for meaning, success, and failure in life. Each author has conducted their own field-work in the religiously based conflict regions they discuss, and together the collection offers perspectives from a variety of different national backgrounds and disciplines. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (James Dingley, Marcello Mollica)....Pages 1-5 Classical Social Theory and the Understanding of Contemporary Religious Terrorism (James Dingley)....Pages 7-38 Religious Independence of Chinese Muslim East Turkestan “Uyghur” (Chiara Olivieri)....Pages 39-72 Women’s Rights Between Civil and Religious Laws: The Lebanese Law on Protection of Women and Family Members from Domestic Violence and the Religious Authorities’ Opposition (Benedetta Panchetti)....Pages 73-99 Geopolitical Vector of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the Context of National Security (Yevhen Kharkovshchenko, Olena Bortnikova)....Pages 101-128 The Case of Northern Ireland (James Dingley)....Pages 129-159 Terror-Driven Ethno-Religious Waves: Mapping Determinants in Refugees’ Choices Escaping Iraq and Syria (Marcello Mollica)....Pages 161-193 Being Ezidi in the Middle East (Çakır Ceyhan Suvari)....Pages 195-212 Conclusion (James Dingley, Marcello Mollica)....Pages 213-219 Back Matter ....Pages 221-228