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Author:   Paul Powers
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780367432027

ISBN 10:   0367432021
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   29 July 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface 1. Introduction: Religion and the Management of Violence 2. Maximalism, Minimalism, and a Way Forward 3. Karl Marx, Marxists, and Marxians: Religion, Oppression, and Revolution 4. Émile Durkheim: Religion as Social Grouping and Social Grappling 5. Victor Turner: Liminal States, Social Stability, and Social Upheaval 6. Max Weber on Asceticism: Breaking the World to Save It 7. Modernization, Secularization, and their Discontents 8. Church-Sect-Cult: Social Formation and Patterns of Violence 9. Some Building Blocks of Religion and Violence 10. The Special Case of Islam? Appendix: Toward a Typology of Violence in RV

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Paul R. Powers is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Lewis & Clark College, USA.

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