Dying for faith religiously motivated violence in the contemporary world

From India to Iraq, from London to Lahore, the relationship between religion and violence is a bitterly contested and casually misrepresented issue. This volume brings together several perspectives from a variety of fields to probe it. It seeks to shift analytical focus on to the contexts in which v...

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Other Authors: Al-Rasheed, Madawi (Editor), Shterin, Marat (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Tauris Academic Studies 2009
Series:Library of modern religion
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Summary:From India to Iraq, from London to Lahore, the relationship between religion and violence is a bitterly contested and casually misrepresented issue. This volume brings together several perspectives from a variety of fields to probe it. It seeks to shift analytical focus on to the contexts in which violence is expressed, enacted and reported.
Physical Description:xxx, 222 pages illustrations 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1845116860 (hardback)
9781845116866 (hardback)