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Looking at religious violence through the perspectives of holy war, psychology, apocalypse. In an effort to reflect recent events, sacred fury has been updated with approximately fifteen pages of new material e. Religious violence abuse wiki fandom powered by wikia. Selengut is an expert on the sociology, psychology and politics of religious fundamentalism and new religious movements and has published books, articles and monographs on the significance of islamic, christian and jewish fundamentalists in international relations. From isis attacks to the conflict between israel and palestine, sacred fury explores the connections between faith and v. Charles selengut is professor of sociology at drew university and editor of jewishmuslim encounters and jewish identity in the postmodern ageselegnut, charles is the author of sacred fury 2ed, published 2008 under isbn 9780742560840 and isbn 0742560848. Violence in early christianity dpr3 human rights watch, erased in a moment. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Charles selengut brings together approaches from a wide range of disciplines to comprehend forms of religious violence around the globe. Reading religion in this revised and expanded edition of sacred fury, selengut surveys the rise of religious violence in world affairs, including lone wolf terrorism in europe and the united states, the emergence of isis in the middle east, and new forms of buddhist violence in southeast asia. Understanding religious violence 9780759103627 by selengut, charles and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Both were listed in their respective years of publication as one of the top 10 books on religion by the american library association.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sacred fury. Author charles selengut looks at religion as both a force for peace and for violence, and he asks key questions such as how religious is this violence and what drives the faithful to attack in the names of their beliefs. Books at the little professor book center, 725 placentia ave. Author charles selengut looks at religion as both a force for peace and for violence, and he asks k. In sacred fury, selengut also examines the ways in which sacred texts can be seen as offering a mandate for. The third edition of charles selenguts sacred fury. Sacred fury 2ed 2nd edition rent 9780742560840 0742560848. Religion and violence minus typos religion october 2005. He was also professor of philosophy at the delft university, the netherlands 19952002, and visiting professor of philosophical anthropology, ghent university, belgium 2014. It also includes violence against religious institutions, persons, or objects, when the violence is.
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Sacred fury helps us understand one of the most disturbing and perplexing phenomena of modern lifethe emergence of religious violence as a major factor in world affairs. Jan 12, 2017 reading religion in this revised and expanded edition of sacred fury, selengut surveys the rise of religious violence in world affairs, including lone wolf terrorism in europe and the united states, the emergence of isis in the middle east, and new forms of buddhist violence in southeast asia. The crusades were very much holy wars waged to maintain christianitys. From isis attacks to the conflict between israel and palestine, sacred fury explores the connections between faith and violence in world religions. Religious violence and extremism also called communal violence is a term that covers all phenomena where religion, in any of its forms, is either the subject or object of violent behaviour. Read sacred fury understanding religious violence by charles selengut available from rakuten kobo. Ebook sacred fury as pdf download portable document format. Sean freyna, jesus the martyr felix wilfred, martyrdom in religious tradition in rethinking martyrdom. Selengut cites the examples of the 911 attacks, the israelipalestinian conflict, the hindumuslim conflict in kashmir and other more the author uses a social scientific and an historical approach to analyze the nature and development of religious conflict and violence. Now more than ever, it is a mustread for students, academics, and the general public. Altamira, 2003 title of a book, article or other published item this will display to the public. Sacred fury ebook by charles selengut rakuten kobo.
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