The ambivalence of the sacred : religion, violence, and reconciliation
Title:
The ambivalence of the sacred : religion, violence, and reconciliation
Author:
Appleby, R. Scott, 1956-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2000]
©2000
Physical Description:
xiii, 429 pages ; 23 cm.
General Note:
"Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, Carnegie Corporation of New York."
Language:
English
Contents:
The growing end of an argument -- Religion's violent accomplices -- Violence as a sacred duty: patterns of religious extremism -- Militants for peace -- Reconciliation and the politics of forgiveness -- Religion and conflict transformation -- The promise of internal pluralism: human rights and religious mission -- Ambivalence as opportunity: strategies for promoting religious peacebuilding.
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ISBN:
9780847685547
9780847685554
Format :
Book
