The Genealogy of Violence
Subtitle: Reflections on Creation, Freedom, and Evil
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: March 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780195134988
Subjects: Christian moral & pastoral theology; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Violence in society; Western philosophy, c 1800 to c 1900; Kierkegaard, Soren; Sociology Of Religion; Religion - Theology; Religion; Christian Theology - Ethics; Theology; Philosophy-Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Religion / Christianity / Theology / Ethics; Religion / Philosophy; Religion-Theology; Christian Theology - General; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy; 1813-1855; 1923-; Christianity; Girard, Rene,; Girard, Renâe,; Kierkegaard, Sren,; Kierkegaard, S²ren,; Religious aspects; Violence
First sentence: Whenever we ask an important question, it is a good idea to think carefully about the question itself before rushing to an answer.
Description: Bellinger draws on the thought of Søoren Kierkegaard and René Girard in search of a Christian understanding of the roots of violence. After analysing approaches to understanding violence he goes on to consider Kierkegaard as a theorist of violence.