| Résumé: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- figures -- preface -- 1 introduction: religion and the management of violence -- a note on the term "rv" -- premises and definitions: religion and the management of violence -- toward a typology of the violence in rv -- three basic types of violence -- the goals, structure, and contents of this book -- notes -- 2 maximalism, minimalism, and a way forward -- overview -- rv maximalism -- assessing rv maximalism -- rv minimalism -- the myth of religious violence? -- assessing cavanaugh's rv minimalism -- a way forward -- notes -- 3 karl marx, marxists, and marxians: religion, oppression, and revolution -- overview -- marx on religion -- marx on human nature -- marx on the undoing of religion -- marxists and marxians on rv -- curious cases of marxist religion and religious marxism -- conclusion -- questions to ask about real-world cases of rv in light of this chapter -- notes -- 4 émile durkheim: religion as social grouping and social grappling -- overview -- durkheim's sociogenic theory of religion: social grouping -- the power and limitations of durkheim's sociogenic theory of religion -- durkheim and rv: social grappling -- applying durkheim to rv -- conclusion -- questions to ask about real-world cases of rv in light of this chapter -- notes -- 5 victor turner: liminal states, social stability, and social upheaval -- overview -- turner on "liminality" and "communitas" -- forms and variations of communitas -- the gendering of liminality -- liminality, communitas, and rv -- communitas, confrontation, and loss of control -- conclusion -- questions to ask about real-world cases of rv in light of this chapter -- notes -- 6 max weber on asceticism: breaking the world to save it -- overview -- introducing weber's thought -- weber on asceticism and mysticism.
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