War and Peace: Essays on Religion and Violence (Key Issues in Modern Sociology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783083301 ISBN 13: 9781783083305

Publisher: Anthem Press, 2014

Synopsis

Reflections on Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” these original essays examine various facets of violence and human efforts to create peace. Religion is deeply involved in both processes: ones that produce violence and ones that seek to create harmony. In the war on terror, radical religion is often seen to be a major cause of inter-group violence. However, these essays show a much more complex picture in which religion is often on the receiving end of conflict that has its origin in the actions of the state in response to tensions between majorities and minorities. As this volume demonstrates, the more public religion becomes, the more likely it is to be imbricated in communal strife.

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About the Author

Bryan S. Turner is the presidential professor of sociology and the director of the Committee on Religion at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA, and the director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783083301
• ISBN 13: 9781783083305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230
• Editor: Turner Bryan S.