Abstract
I want to begin by mapping out three of the most common ways in which violence done in the name of religion is explained. I’m going to label these: 1. the ideological explanation; 2. the political explanation; and 3. the individualist explanation. Each of these represents a quite different approach to the question “What is it we are witnessing here?” when we encounter something we think of as religious violence.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Does Religion Cause Violence?: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Violence and Religion in the Modern World |
| Editors | Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, Joel Hodge, Carly Osborn |
| Place of Publication | U.S. |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Pages | 117-128 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781501333842 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781501333835 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- religion
- violence