Lloyd Steffen

Holy War, Just War (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Holy War, Just War explores the 'dark side' in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence. The book states that religion has within its own conceptual tools the resources to understand its own dark side and that religious people must subject their religion to a moral vision of goodness and constrain those parts that make for violence and hatred.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461637394
• Artikelnr.: 39513535

Autorenporträt

Lloyd Steffen is professor of religion studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and author of Life/Choice: The Theory of Just Abortion, and Executing Justice: The Moral Meaning of the Death Penalty.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Life-Affirming and Demonic Religion: The Option
Chapter 2 The Power and Danger of Religion
Chapter 3 Being Religious: The Life-Affirming Option
Chapter 4 Being Religious: The Demonic Option
Part 5 Religion and the Restraint of Violence
Chapter 6 The Pacifist Option
Chapter 7 The Case of Holy War
8 The Case of Just War
Chapter 9 Conclusion