{"product_id":"violence-and-the-worlds-religious-traditions-an-introduction-9780190649654","title":"Violence and the World's Religious Traditions: An Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Juergensmeyer | Margo Kitts | Michael Jerryson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Comparative Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold War have shown a noticeable shift in patterns of religious extremism, accentuating the uncomfortable, complex, and oft-misunderstood relationship between religion and violence. The essays in this succinct new volume examine that relationship by offering a well-rounded look at violence as it appears in the world's most prominent religious traditions, exploring Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, African, and Pacific Island texts and practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The essays in \u003cem\u003eViolence and the World's Religious Traditions\u003c\/em\u003e explore the ways in which specific religions have justified acts of destruction, in history, in scripture, and in the contemporary world. But the collection also offers an investigation of religious symbols and practices, shedding new light on the very nature of religion and confronting the question of how deeply intertwined are violence and faith.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890264555671,"sku":"9780190649654","price":14279.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780190649654.webp?v=1781179304","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/violence-and-the-worlds-religious-traditions-an-introduction-9780190649654","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}