Understanding Religious Violence: Radicalism and Terrorism in Religion Explored Via Six Case Studies
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Classical Social Theory and the Understanding of Contemporary Religious Terrorism -- Introduction -- Terrorism and Definitions -- Religion, War and Violence -- Religion -- On Print, Religion and Objectivity -- Classical Social Theory -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Religious Independence of Chinese Muslim East Turkestan "Uyghur" -- Introduction -- Brief Historiographical Introduction -- Islamophobia and Terrorism -- Religion as an Identity Marker -- Islamophobia: Definition and Sphere of Action -- Minority Nationalities and Minority Ethnic Groups: Socio-Linguistic Clarifications -- The "Chinese" Identity Versus Subaltern Identities -- Ethnically and Racially "Inferiorised" Identities -- "War on Terror" as a Strategy of Institutional Repression -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Women's Rights Between Civil and Religious Laws: The Lebanese Law on Protection of Women and Family Members from Domestic Violence and the Religious Authorities' Opposition -- Introduction -- Background to Research -- Religious Authorities' Attitudes to the New Law: Christians' and Druzes' Support -- The Shia and Sunni Opposition: The Problem of Marital Rape and the Conflict with Islamic Personal Status Laws -- The Dialectic Between Confessional Identity and State Law in Parliament: The Vote of Deputies -- Is the New Law a Partial Success or Yet Another Failure of the State in Front of Religious Authorities? -- Conclusion: The Difficult Practical Application of the Law -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Geopolitical Vector of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the Context of National Security -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Local "National" Status of Church -- Statistical Data -- The Problem of Recognition -- The Current Situation.