04145nam 2200817 450 991079714020332120230807215805.01-61451-394-51-61451-977-310.1515/9781614513940(CKB)3710000000420350(EBL)1880468(SSID)ssj0001482546(PQKBManifestationID)11920201(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001482546(PQKBWorkID)11413001(PQKB)10624210(MiAaPQ)EBC1880468(DE-B1597)212697(OCoLC)912323247(DE-B1597)9781614513940(Au-PeEL)EBL1880468(CaPaEBR)ebr11059852(CaONFJC)MIL807967(EXLCZ)99371000000042035020150610h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrPatterns legitimizing political violence in transcultural perspectives Islamic and Christian traditions and legacies /Bettina KochBerlin, Germany ;Boston, Massachusetts :De Gruyter,2015.©20151 online resource (261 p.)Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tension, Transmission, Transformation,2196-405X ;Volume 1Description based upon print version of record.1-61451-577-8 1-61451-566-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Acknowledgments --Contents --1. Introduction: Legitimacy, Religion, and Violence --2. Medieval Foundations --3. Religion and Violence in Twentieth Century Islam and Christianity --4. Insights and Implications: Duties, Rights, and Legitimizing Violence --Bibliography --IndexThis volume explores theoretical discourses in which religion is used to legitimize political violence. It examines the ways in which Christianity and Islam are utilized for political ends, in particular how violence is used (or abused) as an expedient to justify political action. This research focuses on premodern as well as contemporary discourses in the Middle East and Latin America, identifying patterns frequently used to justify the deployment of violence in both hegemonic and anti-hegemonic discourses. In addition, it explores how premodern arguments and authorities are utilized and transformed in order to legitimize contemporary violence as well as the ways in which the use of religion as a means to justify violence alters the nature of conflicts that are not otherwise explicitly religious. It argues that most past and present conflicts, even if the discourses about them are conducted in religious terms, have origins other than religion and/or blend religion with other causes, namely socio-economic and political injustice and inequality. Understanding the use and abuse of religion to justify violence is a prerequisite to discerning the nature of a conflict and might thus contribute to conflict resolution.Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tension, Transmission, Transformation ;Volume 1.Religion and politicsMiddle EastReligion and politicsLatin AmericaViolenceReligious aspectsChristianityMiddle EastChristianityLatin AmericaIslamMiddle EastIslamLatin AmericaConflict.legitimacy.religion.violence.Religion and politicsReligion and politicsViolenceReligious aspects.ChristianityChristianityIslamIslam201/.72LB 49000SEPArvkKoch Bettina1970-622434MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797140203321Patterns legitimizing political violence in transcultural perspectives3751467UNINA