Lloyd Steffen

Christianity and Violence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Element explores the scriptural and institutional sources for violence, the faith commitments and practices that join communities and sanction both resistance to and authorization for violence, and select historical developments that altered the power wielded by Christianity in society, culture and politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 127mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 103g
• ISBN-13: 9781108796699
• ISBN-10: 1108796699
• Artikelnr.: 61183298

Inhaltsangabe

1. Religion and Violence: Introduction, Clarifications and Limitations
2. The Sources and Sanctions for Violence and Nonviolence
3. Insecurity and Vulnerability
4. The Violence/Nonviolence Dialectic
5. Identity
6. Concluding Remarks
Bibliography.