Violence as worship
Subtitle: religious wars in the age of globalization
By: Hans G. Kippenberg ; translated by Brian McNeil
Contributors: McNeil, Brian
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780804768726; 9780804768733
Work titles: Gewalt als Gottesdienst
Notes: "Originally published in German under the title Gewalt als Gottesdienst."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Violent religious practices; title: The growth of social communities in the age of globalization; title: Faith communities as actors in civil society; title: The People's Temple; title: Every day Ashura, every tomb Kerbala : Iran 1977-1981; title: "The party of God" intervenes in the war : Lebanon 1975-2000; title: Israel's wars of redemption; title: Fighting for the foundational land (waqf) of Palestine; title: American Protestants prepare the way for the eschatological battlefield in Palestine; title: September 11, 2001 : a raid (ghazwa) on the path of God; title: The war of the USA against terror, a war without borders; title: Concluding remarks : wars of religion in the age of globalization.