6 Citations
Christianity, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust
- History, Political Science
- 2018
There is, in principle, a fundamental difference between Nazi racial antisemitism and the traditional anti-Judaism of Christianity. The church’s official view has been that conversion transforms a…
Jihād without apologetics
- Sociology
- 2010
Accounts of jihād by Western scholars often seek to commend Islam by stressing the spiritual struggle against the self and limiting military jihād to defence. On the basis of this interpretation,…
Religion et homicide :étude du taux d’homicide des pays du monde en fonction des variables mesurant la religion et la pratique religieuse
- Sociology
- 2013
The impact of religion on violence remains ambivalent in the litterature. On the one hand, religions and their teachings of peace or compassion are identified as deterrents in the commission of…
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Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
- Political Science
- 2003
For four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively-to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools…
Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews
- Philosophy
- 2001
"A rare book that combines searing passion with a subject that has affected all of our lives."-Chicago Tribune Novelist, cultural critic, and former priest James Carroll marries history with Of the…
Theological warrants for genocide: Judaism, Islam and Christianity
- Political Science
- 1990
Religious differences between victimizers and their victims are a common characteristic of genocides and genocidal massacres. Often the significance of these religious differences is very clear, as…
The Other in Jewish thought and history : constructions of Jewish culture and identity
- History
- 1994
Cultural boundaries and group identity are often forged in relation to the Other. In every society, conceptions of otherness, which often reflect a group's fears and vulnerabilities, result in…
The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount
- Political Science
- 2001
The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount, by Gershom Gorenberg. New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Singapore: The Free Press, 2001, 250 pages. Notes to 267. Index to 275.…
Zionism and religion
- Sociology
- 2000
The relationship between nationalism and religion has throughout history been a stormy one, often characterized by antagonisms and antipathy. In this anthology, scholars from Israel and the US…
A moral reckoning : the role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust and its unfulfilled duty of repair
- History
- 2003
The Harvard political scientist, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of the controversial work, Hitler’s Willing Executioners, has taken a critical subject—the relationship between the Catholic Church and…
THE ZEAL OF PHINEHAS: THE BIBLE AND THE LEGITIMATION OF VIOLENCE
- Political Science
- 2003
(ProQuest Information and Learning: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) "The Bible, of all books, is the most dangerous one, the one that has been endowed with the power to kill," writes Mieke…
The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism
- Sociology
- 1997
Regina Schwartz examines the story of Cain and Abel, as she sees it - emblematic of a tenacious, tragic biblical influence over Western secular notions of identity - notions that are often violently…
Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism
- Art
- 1996
The Orthodox Jewish tradition affirms that Jewish exile will end with the coming of the Messiah. How, then, does Orthodoxy respond to the political realization of a Jewish homeland that is the state…