LEADER 03518nam 2200553 450 001 9910467812903321 005 20211005151930.0 010 $a0-567-66626-3 035 $a(CKB)4340000000253866 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309683 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5309683 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11518650 035 $a(OCoLC)1027205291 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4948931 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4948931 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL852000 035 $a(OCoLC)1024256690 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000253866 100 $a20180315h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIs religion killing us? $eviolence in the Bible and the Quran /$fJack Nelson-Pallmeyer 205 $aFirst paperback edition. 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cBloomsbury Academic,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (190 pages) 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 330 $aCoverage of recent world events has focused on violence associated with Islam. In this courageous and controversial book, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer claims that this narrow view ignores the broader and unfortunate relationship between human violence and the sacred texts of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Both the Bible and the Quran, he believes, are riddled with violent images of God and with passages that can be reasonably interpreted to justify violence against enemies in service to God's will. According to Nelson-Pallmeyer, many wondered how Muslims could in God's name kill innocent civilians by flying airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Few, however, questioned U.S. leaders and citizens invoking God's name, or assuming God's favor, to fight the responsive "war against terrorism." And in the Middle East, the roots of the continuing and seemingly unsolvable conflict and violence are to be found in both the Torah and the Quran. Nelson-Pallmeyer challenges the understanding of power that lies at the heart of the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He argues that nonviolence is powerful and necessary and that a viable future for human beings and the planet depends on challenging the ways in which sacred texts reinforce visions of power that are largely abusive. A viable future, he says, depends on re-visioning God's power. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is Assistant Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. For more than twenty years he has studied and written about the relationship of religion, violence, and peace, and his books include Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus (Trinity Press International) and School of Assassins: Guns, Greed, and Globalization. 606 $aViolence in the Bible 606 $aGod$xWrath$xHistory of doctrines 606 $aViolence in the Qur?an 606 $aViolence$xReligious aspects$xHistory of doctrines 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aViolence in the Bible. 615 0$aGod$xWrath$xHistory of doctrines. 615 0$aViolence in the Qur?an. 615 0$aViolence$xReligious aspects$xHistory of doctrines. 676 $a291.5/697 700 $aNelson-Pallmeyer$b Jack$01054492 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910467812903321 996 $aIs religion killing us$92487132 997 $aUNINA