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In these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. Religious differences are seen as fuel for violence and warfare. In these pages, one of our greatest writers on religion, Karen Armstrong, amasses a sweeping history of humankind to explore the perceived connection between war and the world's great creeds--and to issue a passionate defense of the peaceful nature of faith.
With unprecedented scope, Armstrong looks at the whole history of each tradition--not only Christianity and Islam, but also Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Judaism. Religions, in their earliest days, endowed every aspect of life with meaning, and warfare became bound up with observances of the sacred. Modernity has ushered in an epoch of spectacular violence, although, as Armstrong shows, little of it can be ascribed directly to religion. Nevertheless, she shows us how and in what measure religions came to absorb modern belligerence--and what hope there might be for peace among believers of different faiths in our time.
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"Elegant and powerful. . . . Both erudite and accurate, dazzling in its breadth of knowledge and historical detail." --The Washington Post
"Consistently surprising and illuminating, Fields of Blood should be read by anyone interested in understanding the interaction of religion with violence in the modern world." --The New Republic "Convincing. . . . Careful, fair and true." --The New York Times Book Review "Makes a powerful case. . . . The argument is what matters, and hers is strong enough to change minds." --The Christian Science Monitor "A compelling examination of the true forces underlying religious violence." --The Huffington Post"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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