Confronting religious violence : Christian humanism and the moral imagination / / Catherine M. Wallace
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| Autore: |
Wallace Catherine M.
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| Titolo: |
Confronting religious violence : Christian humanism and the moral imagination / / Catherine M. Wallace
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| Pubblicazione: | Eugene, Oregon : , : Cascade Books, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (122 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 241.697 |
| Soggetto topico: | Violence - Religious aspects - Christianity |
| Christian humanism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Confronting Religious Violence: Christian Humanism and the Moral Imagination tells the tale of Christian theocracy in the West. Who converted whom was never entirely clear: the empire did stop feeding people to the lions for public entertainment; but Christianity was theologically corrupted by its official role in legitimating empire-as-usual. That theological corruption led to crusades, inquisitions, torture, and so forth. And it leaves us with a major question: is God violent? More dangerously yet: is violence our only option in response to wrongdoing? Are we morally obligated to injure thos |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Confronting religious violence |
| ISBN: | 1-4982-2882-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465614503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Confronting Fundamentalism