Welcome to the Kids' Library!
Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.
Title |
Cruel creeds, virtuous violence : religious violence across culture and history / Jack David Eller. |
|
Imprint |
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010. |
|
Description |
451 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Understanding violence -- Understanding religion -- Sacrifice -- Self-injury -- Persecution -- Ethnoreligious conflict -- War -- Homicide and abuse -- Religion and nonviolence. |
Subject |
Violence.
|
|
Violence -- Religious aspects.
|
|
Anthropology of religion.
|
ISBN |
9781616142186 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
|
1616142189 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
|