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"This rich and engaging book looks at instances of sanctified violence, the holy wars related to religion. It covers it all, from ancient to present day, including examples of warfare among Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists, as well as Christians, Jews and Muslims. It is a comprehensive and readable overview that provides a lively introduction to the subject of holy war in its broadest sense—as ‘sanctified violence’ in the service of a god or ideology. It is certain to be a useful companion in the classroom, and a boon to anyone fascinated by the dark attraction of religion and violence." —Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara Contents: Introduction: What Is Holy War? Chapter 1: Holy Wars in Mythic Time, Holy Wars as Metaphor, Holy Wars as RitualChapter 2: Holy Wars of Conquest in the Name of a DeityChapter 3: Holy Wars in Defense of the SacredChapter 4: Holy Wars in Anticipation of the Millennium Epilogue: Holy Wars Today and Tomorrow Also included are a description of the Critical Themes in World History series, Preface, index, and suggestions for further reading.

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  • Author : Alfred J. Andrea
  • Publisher : Hackett Publishing
  • Genre : History
  • Total Pages : 203 pages
  • ISBN : 162466962X
  • PDF File Size : 27,7 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Sanctified Violence

Sanctified Violence
  • Publisher : Hackett Publishing
  • File Size : 29,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 24 March 2021
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"This rich and engaging book looks at instances of sanctified violence, the holy wars related to religion. It covers it all, from ancient to present day, including examples of warfare

Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society

Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • File Size : 22,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 07 November 2005
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This book focuses on oath-making narratives in the Iliad, through which it articulates a theory of ritualized violence.

Sanctified Violence

Sanctified Violence
  • Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company
  • File Size : 50,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 24 March 2021
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The Critical Themes in World History series focuses on phenomena that have had a profound impact on the course of world history. This new entry in the series, Sanctified Violence,

Geographies of Violence

Geographies of Violence
  • Publisher : SAGE
  • File Size : 26,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 15 May 2017
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We experience violence all our lives, from that very first scream of birth. It has been industrialized and domesticated. Our culture has not become totally accustomed to violence, but accustomed

The Archaeology of Violence

The Archaeology of Violence
  • Publisher : State University of New York Press
  • File Size : 55,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 17 January 2013
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The Archaeology of Violence is an interdisciplinary consideration of the role of violence in social-cultural and sociopolitical contexts. The volume draws on the work of archaeologists, anthropologists, classicists, and art

Sanctified Aggression

Sanctified Aggression
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • File Size : 39,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 June 2004
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Sanctified Aggression allies itself neither with the easy assumption that religions are by definition violent (and that only the secular/humanist/humane can offer a place of refuge from the

Political Violence and the Struggle in South Africa

Political Violence and the Struggle in South Africa
  • Publisher : Springer
  • File Size : 39,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 27 July 2016
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This book provides a unique perspective, at once scholarly and fully engaged, on the political violence in South Africa during 'The Time of the Comrades' in the mid-1980s. The

Vanishing Into Things

Vanishing Into Things
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • File Size : 51,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 23 May 2024
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Barry Allen explores the concept of knowledge in Chinese thought over two millennia and compares the different philosophical imperatives that have driven Chinese and Western thought. Challenging the hyperspecialized epistemology

Refractions of Violence

Refractions of Violence
  • Publisher : Psychology Press
  • File Size : 29,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 23 May 2024
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In this collection of essays Martin Jay explores the troubling issues emerging through, and because of, the intersection of violence and visual culture. He argues that we live in a