The destructive power of religion : violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Author(s)

• Ellens, J. Harold

Bibliographic Information

The destructive power of religion : violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

J. Harold Ellens, editor ; with an Ad testimonium by Desmond Tutu

（Psychology, religion, and spirituality）

Praeger Publishers, 2007

Condensed and updated ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Ad testimonium / Desmond Tutu
• The destructive power of religion / J. Harold Ellens
• "The Bible made me do it" : text, interpretation, and violence / D. Andrew Kille
• The Qur'an, Muhammad, and Jihad in context / Charles T. Davis III
• Religious metaphors can kill / J. Harold Ellens
• The disarmament of God / Jack Miles
• The interface of religion, psychology, and violence / J. Harold Ellens
• The dynamics of prejudice / J. Harold Ellens
• Destructive and constructive religion in relation to shame and terror / Jack T. Hanford
• The role of self-justification in violence / LeRoy H. Aden
• Toxic texts / J. Harold Ellens
• Jihad in the Qur'an, then and now / J. Harold Ellens
• The myth of redemptive violence / Walter Wink
• Beyond just war and pacifism : Jesus' nonviolent way / Walter Wink
• Fundamentalism, orthodoxy, and violence / J. Harold Ellens
• The myth of redemptive violence or the myth of redemptive love / Wayne G. Rollins
• Violence and Christ : God's crisis and ours / J. Harold Ellens

Details

• NCID: BA86254254
• ISBN:
  • 9780275997083
• LCCN: 2007008318
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 261 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL65.V55
  • DC22 : 201/.76
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Violence -- Religious aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA69827853