The Problem of Religious Violence
In: Political theology, Band 12, Heft 5, S. 722-726
ISSN: 1743-1719
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In: Political theology, Band 12, Heft 5, S. 722-726
ISSN: 1743-1719
In: Asdiwal: revue genevoise d'anthropologie et d'histoire des religions, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 71-79
In: The journal of strategic studies, Band 10, Heft 4, S. 172-193
ISSN: 1743-937X
In: Terrorism and political violence, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 355-405
ISSN: 1556-1836
The Indonesian democratic era has provided hope for the growth of mutual social practices established upon diversity of ethnicity, religions, race, and inter-group relations. Yet, in the last decade, various forms of violence were often carried out on behalf of religion instead. These acts of violence were not only physical but also psychological (cultural), in the forms of discrimination, abuse, expulsion, insult, and threat. The Ahmadiyya and Shia cases, for instance, provide an outlook regarding the prevalence of violence within social practices in the community in response to differences. Why does such violence remain to occur in Indonesia? The work finds that, aside from a 'failed understanding of religious texts', excessive truth claim also triggers acts of religious violence in the current era of Indonesian democracy. It is of utmost importance that people's understanding and interpretation of differences be set straight so that any response to differences can be considered as an embryo of national power that serves as an instrument employed for uniting the people of this nation instead of disuniting them. It is also strongly indicated by the work that religious violence may be avoided by changing the understanding of the meaning of differences.
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Cover -- RIOTS, POGROMS, JIHAD -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Indonesia: From Ethnic Conflict to Islamic Terrorism? -- 2. Situating "Islam" in Indonesia: The Matrix of Class Relations -- 3. Social Transformation, 1965-1998: Konglomerat, Kelas Bawah, Islam -- 4. Buildings on Fire: Church Burnings, Riots, and Election Violence, 1995-1997 -- 5. Crisis, Conspiracy, Conflagration: Jakarta, 1998 -- 6. From Lynchings to Communal Violence: Pogroms, 1998-2001 -- 7. Jihad and Religious Violence in Indonesia, 1995-2005 -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index
Review essay on: Richard B. Miller. Terror, Religion and Liberal Thought. New York: Columbia University Press. 2011. Fevzi Bilgin. Political Liberalism in Muslim Societies. Abingdon/ New York: Routledge. 2011.
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This paper explores the ways in which attachment disruptions might increase the risk of adult religious psychopathology by drawing parallels between the possible symbolisms lying behind religious violence and the concept of attachment. It is first argued that the relationship between a religious believer and a religious figure can be explained as an attachment experience. Secondly, it is proposed that when a religious attachment figure becomes a target of slander, or an action is perpetrated to disrupt the bond with such a figure, the religious believer may be predisposed to defensive, adaptive reactions, in the form of protest, despair, or detachment, to protect their attachment bond and resolve the disruptions that threaten their religious attachment identity. Support for this theoretical proposition was obtained through discourse analyses of three case examples (Charlie Hebdo vs al-Qaeda, Boko Haram vs the Nigerian government, and Pastor Terry Jones vs Islamic radicalisation), which position attachment theory as an alternative explanatory framework for conceptualising religious violence as a form of religious attachment psychopathology—aimed at safeguarding the affectional bond with a religious figure from whom one may have developed a sense of identity and safe haven.
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In: Journal of religion and violence, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 352-356
ISSN: 2159-6808
In: GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-45
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In: Die Friedens-Warte: Journal of International Peace and Organization, Band 83, Heft 2-3, S. 222-224
ISSN: 0340-0255
In: Australian journal of international affairs: journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Band 62, Heft 4, S. 558-572
ISSN: 1035-7718
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 163-164
ISSN: 1537-5927