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Document Type: | Book |
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Hans G Kippenberg |
ISBN: | 9780804768726 0804768722 9780804768733 0804768730 |
OCLC Number: | 612348841 |
Notes: | "Originally published in German under the title Gewalt als Gottesdienst." |
Description: | viii, 286 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Violent religious practices -- The growth of social communities in the age of globalization -- Faith communities as actors in civil society -- The People's Temple -- Every day Ashura, every tomb Kerbala : Iran 1977-1981 -- "The party of God" intervenes in the war : Lebanon 1975-2000 -- Israel's wars of redemption -- Fighting for the foundational land (waqf) of Palestine -- American Protestants prepare the way for the eschatological battlefield in Palestine -- September 11, 2001 : a raid (ghazwa) on the path of God -- The war of the USA against terror, a war without borders -- Concluding remarks : wars of religion in the age of globalization. |
Other Titles: | Gewalt als Gottesdienst. |
Responsibility: | Hans G. Kippenberg ; translated by Brian McNeil. |
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"In Violence as Worship, an expertly researched and excellently translated book, Kippenberg has offered a completely new interpretation of religious cum political conflicts in the contemporary world. This is a must-read book for government leaders, law enforcement officers, and religious personalities who advise presidents and other foreign politices." -- Kofi Asimpi "Kippenberg's handling of violence as a religious act has broader applications for how analysts consider religion, agency and causation. The book is enormously useful for the analysis of religious and civic activity." -- Ipsita Chatterjea "What makes Violence As Worship so engaging is Kippenberg's consistently brilliant use of social theory to explain the story behind the headlines. No one else has laid bare the extent to which religious advocates are also actors in civil society, empowered through the vast expansion of the public domain during the past half-century." -- Bruce Lawrence * Duke University * "This book is both one of the best contributions to the study of contemporary world conflicts and an impressive new approach to research on religiously inspired political conflicts in general. Kippenberg's approach is directed against all attempts to essentialize 'religion' and 'violence:' instead, he focusses on religious motivations and interpretations of violent acts by individuals and collectivities." -- Hans Joas, Max Weber Center, University of Erfurt, Germany, and Committee on Social Thought * University of Chicago * "Hans Kippenberg's Violence as Worship: Religious Wars in the Age of Globalization offers an insightful and fresh perspective using a historically detailed sociology . . . Well-written and historically-robust case studies make this book a valuable addition to the growing literature on religion and violence." -- Melissa Mathes * <i>Politics & Religion</i> * Read more...


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- Violence -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
- Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
- Violence -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
- War -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
- War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
- War -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
- Globalization -- Religious aspects.
- Religiöser Konflikt
- Gewalt
- Globalisierung
- Våld -- religiösa aspekter.
- Krig -- religiösa aspekter.
- Globalisering -- religiösa aspekter.
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