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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300613303321

Titolo

Understanding Religious Violence : Radicalism and Terrorism in Religion Explored via Six Case Studies / / edited by James Dingley, Marcello Mollica

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783030002848

3030002845

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 pages)

Disciplina

261.873

303.625

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Criminology

Security, International

Sociology of Religion

Crime Control and Security

International Security Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction, by James Dingley and Marcello Mollica -- 2. Classical Social Theory and the Understanding of Contemporary Religious Terrorism, by James Dingley -- 3. Religious independence of Chinese Muslim East Turkestan "Uyghur" by Chiara Olivieri -- 4. Women's rights between civil and religious laws: the Lebanese law on protection of women and family members from domestic violence and the religious authorities' opposition, by Benedetta Pachetti -- 5. Geopolitical vector of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the context of national security, by Yevhen Kharkovshchenko and Bortnikova Olena -- 6. The Case of Northern Ireland, by James Dingley -- 7. Terror-driven Ethno-religious Waves: mapping determinants in refugees' choices escaping Iraq and Syria, by Marcello Mollica -- 8. Being Ezidi in the Middle East, by Çakır Ceyhan Suvari -- 9. Conclusion, by James Dingley and Marcello Mollica. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the problem of religiously based conflict and



violence via six case studies. It stresses particularly the structural and relational aspects of religion as providing a sense of order and a networked structure that enables people to pursue quite prosaic and earthly concerns. The book examines how such concerns link material and spiritual salvation into a holy alliance. As such, whilst the religions concerned may be different, they address the same problems and provide similar explanations for meaning, success, and failure in life. Each author has conducted their own field-work in the religiously based conflict regions they discuss, and together the collection offers perspectives from a variety of different national backgrounds and disciplines.