Sacred Violence Political Religion in a Secular Age
Description
Sacred Violence and Religious Violence examines the place that ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to bring about a purer world. In particular, the book examines Islamism and the western secular, liberal democratic responses to it.
Keywords
Social ScienceSociology of ReligionPolitical ScienceTerrorismInternational RelationsReligionIslamSociologyHistory & Theory
2014Book
Author(s)David Martin Jones
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137328076
LanguageEnglish
