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Holy War, Just War [electronic resource] : Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence.

By: Publication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (334 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461637394 (electronic bk.)
  • 1461637392 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Holy War, Just War : Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence.DDC classification:
  • 201.7
LOC classification:
  • BL65.V55
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I LIFE-AFFIRMING AND DEMONIC RELIGION: THE OPTION; Chapter One The Power and Danger of Religion; Proposition One: Religion Is Powerful; Proposition Two: Religion Is Dangerous; Ultimacy as Absolutism; Conclusion; Chapter Two Being Religious: The Life-Affirming Option; Life-Affirming Religion; The lure of Goodness: Where Religion and Ethics Meet; Conclusion; Chapter Three Being Religious: The Demonic Option; The Demonic as Fanaticism; What Is the Demonic?; Central Characteristics of the Demonic.
Features of the Demonic: A SummaryDiscerning the Demonic and the Domination Ethic; Part II RELIGION AND THE RESTRAINT OF VIOLENCE; Chapter Four The Pacifist Option; Absolutist Pacifism; The Nonresistance of Leo Tolstoy; A Moral Critique of Absolutist Pacifism; Nonviolent Resistance to Evil; Chapter Five The Case of Holy War; Ancient Israel; Christianity; Islam; Islam and Generic Holy War; Jihad; Conclusion; Chapter Six The Case of Just War; Just War in Historical Perspective; A Contemporary Formulation of Just War Theory; A Defense of Just War as a Model for Moral Thinking.
A life-Affirming Ethic: Presumptions and ExceptionsConclusion; Summary of the Argument; Absolutism: A Final Moral Reflection; Religion as a Moral Project; Notes; Index.
Summary: Holy War, Just War explores the ""dark side"" in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence.
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I LIFE-AFFIRMING AND DEMONIC RELIGION: THE OPTION; Chapter One The Power and Danger of Religion; Proposition One: Religion Is Powerful; Proposition Two: Religion Is Dangerous; Ultimacy as Absolutism; Conclusion; Chapter Two Being Religious: The Life-Affirming Option; Life-Affirming Religion; The lure of Goodness: Where Religion and Ethics Meet; Conclusion; Chapter Three Being Religious: The Demonic Option; The Demonic as Fanaticism; What Is the Demonic?; Central Characteristics of the Demonic.

Features of the Demonic: A SummaryDiscerning the Demonic and the Domination Ethic; Part II RELIGION AND THE RESTRAINT OF VIOLENCE; Chapter Four The Pacifist Option; Absolutist Pacifism; The Nonresistance of Leo Tolstoy; A Moral Critique of Absolutist Pacifism; Nonviolent Resistance to Evil; Chapter Five The Case of Holy War; Ancient Israel; Christianity; Islam; Islam and Generic Holy War; Jihad; Conclusion; Chapter Six The Case of Just War; Just War in Historical Perspective; A Contemporary Formulation of Just War Theory; A Defense of Just War as a Model for Moral Thinking.

A life-Affirming Ethic: Presumptions and ExceptionsConclusion; Summary of the Argument; Absolutism: A Final Moral Reflection; Religion as a Moral Project; Notes; Index.

Holy War, Just War explores the ""dark side"" in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence.

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