Fighting Words
Subtitle: The Origins Of Religious Violence
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: April 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9781591022848
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; Violence in Society; Religion - Contemporary Issues; Religion (Specific Aspects); Violence (Sociological Aspects); Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Religion; Religious aspects; History; Psychology of Religion; General; Violence
First sentence: It is difficult to find any ancient writer who attributes violence to religion.
Description: [In this book, the author] applies [an] array of learning and of judicious reasoning to his subject and does not fall short in dealing with its many, many complexities. [His] scathing critique of religious-based violence puts disturbing questions to the traditions that wish to preach "peace" as a central teaching.-Dust jacket.