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In: European political science: EPS ; serving the political science community ; a journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Volume 9, Issue 4, p. 515-523
ISSN: 1680-4333
A review essay on a book by William Cavanaugh, The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).
In: European political science: EPS, Volume 9, Issue 4, p. 515-523
ISSN: 1682-0983
In: Africa research bulletin. Political, social and cultural series, Volume 56, Issue 5
ISSN: 1467-825X
In: Political theology, Volume 15, Issue 6, p. 486-502
ISSN: 1743-1719
In: Journal of religion and violence, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 33-49
ISSN: 2159-6808
Religion and violence are both ambiguous categories but in the cultural mosaic that pits human against human, religion is a reoccurring justifier. There is no religion exempt from this tendency toward violence. Further, based on Milgram and Zimbardo's experiments with students who were convinced that it was necessary to inflict torture on subjects for the greater good, it is apparent that ordinary people may commit heinous acts, given a sense of overarching emergency. Examples of religiously justified atrocities and violent rhetoric are summarized in this essay. In each case there is the mindset that violence is justified due to an extraordinary set of circumstances which require the suspension of behavioral norms.
In: African conflict & peacebuilding review: ACPR, Volume 6, Issue 1, p. 89
ISSN: 2156-7263
In: Political theology, Volume 12, Issue 5, p. 722-726
ISSN: 1743-1719
In: Asdiwal: revue genevoise d'anthropologie et d'histoire des religions, Volume 6, Issue 1, p. 71-79
In: The journal of strategic studies, Volume 10, Issue 4, p. 172-193
ISSN: 1743-937X
In: Terrorism and political violence, Volume 25, Issue 3, p. 355-405
ISSN: 1556-1836
In: Journal of religion and violence, Volume 2, Issue 2, p. 352-356
ISSN: 2159-6808
In: GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-45
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In: Journal of international and global studies, Volume 3, Issue 1
ISSN: 2158-0669
In: Die Friedens-Warte: Journal of International Peace and Organization, Volume 83, Issue 2-3, p. 222-224
ISSN: 0340-0255
In: Australian journal of international affairs: journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Volume 62, Issue 4, p. 558-572
ISSN: 1035-7718