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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Meral, Ziya
Titre(s) : How violence shapes religion [Texte imprimé] : belief and conflict in the Middle East and Africa / Ziya Meral
Publication : Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge university press, 2018
Description matérielle : x, 217 pages ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Is there an inevitable global violent clash unfolding between the world's largest
religions: Islam and Christianity? Do religions cause violent conflicts, or are there
other factors at play? How can we make sense of increasing reports of violence between
Christian and Muslim ethnic communities across the world? By seeking to answer such
questions about the relationship between religion and violence in today's world, Ziya
Meral challenges popular theories and offers an alternative explanation, grounded
on insights inferred from real cases of ethno-religious violence in Africa and the
Middle East. The relationship between religion and violence runs deep and both are
intrinsic to the human story. Violence leads to and shapes religion, while religion
acts to enable violence as well as providing responses that contain and prevent it.
However, with religious violence being one of the most serious challenges facing the
modern world, Meral shows that we need to de-globalise our analysis and focus on individual
conflicts, instead of attempting to provide single answers to complex questions
Sujet(s) : Violence et religion -- Égypte
Violence et religion -- Nigeria
Christianisme -- Relations -- Islam
Islam -- Relations -- Christianisme
Indice(s) Dewey :
201.763 32 (23e éd.) = Conflit social (religion)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108429009. - ISBN 1108429009. - ISBN 9781108452854. - ISBN 110845285X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45586437k
Notice n° :
FRBNF45586437
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Religious violence in Nigeria ; Religious violence in Egypt ; Comparative analysis
of violence in Nigeria and Egypt ; Religion and violence in a global age
