ENGLISH

The Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation

By R. Scott Appleby

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Year
2000
ISBN
0847685551, 9780847685554
Google Books ID
8RqbMGvsz5MC
Open Library ID
OL16957836M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1601258 bytes)
Pages
442\442
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Terrorists and peacemakers may grow up in the same community and adhere to the same religious tradition. The killing carried out by one and the reconciliation fostered by the other indicate the range of dramatic and contradictory responses to human suffering by religious actors. Yet religion's ability to inspire violence is intimately related to its equally impressive power as a force for peace, especially in the growing number of conflicts around the world that involve religious claims and religiously inspired combatants. This book explains what religious terrorists and religious peacemakers share in common, what causes them to take different paths in fighting injustice, and how a deeper understanding of religious extremism can and must be integrated more effectively into our thinking about tribal, regional, and international conflict.

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