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The Myth of Religious Violence
by William T Cavanaugh 2020-04-16 19:41:28
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The idea that religion has a dangerous tendency to promote violence is part of the conventional wisdom of Western societies, and it underlies many of our institutions and policies, from limits on the public role of religion to efforts to promote libe... Read more
The idea that religion has a dangerous tendency to promote violence is part of the conventional wisdom of Western societies, and it underlies many of our institutions and policies, from limits on the public role of religion to efforts to promote liberal democracy in the Middle East. William T. Cavanaugh challenges this conventional wisdom by examining how the twin categories of religion and the secular are constructed. A growing body of scholarly work explores how the category 'religion' has been constructed in the modern West and in colonial contexts according to specific configurations of political power. Less
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  • September 3, 2009
  • eng
  • 9780199736645
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William T Cavanaugh
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William T Cavanaugh is Senior Research Professor at DePaul University in Chicago....
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