Religion and Violence in Western Traditions: Selected Studies

Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Note -- 1. "I will be an enemy to your enemies": the genocidal ideal in the Hebrew Bible and its legacy -- Introduction -- Enemy formation, identity, and vi...

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Main Author: Gagné, André. (Author)
Contributors: Guyver, Jennifer (Contributor) ; Oegema, Gerbern S. (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Milton Taylor & Francis Group 2021
In:Year: 2021
Series/Journal:Routledge Studies in Religion Ser.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Judaism / Islam / Violence / War of religion
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Abrahamic Religions
B Violence Religious aspects
B Violence-Religious aspects
B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780367474362
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Summary:Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Note -- 1. "I will be an enemy to your enemies": the genocidal ideal in the Hebrew Bible and its legacy -- Introduction -- Enemy formation, identity, and violence in the Hebrew Bible -- Ḥerem as sacralized violence -- Ḥerem as genocide -- Ḥerem as eschatological violence -- The War Scroll (1QM) and the Jewish Wars with Rome -- Opposition to apocalyptic genocide within Judaism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2. Turn the cheek but buy a sword: responding to violence in Luke-Acts -- Introduction -- Turning the other cheek -- A contrast in missions -- Staged fulfillment? -- The temptation to fight -- The presence of swords -- It is enough -- Jesus' arrest -- Jesus as Messiah in Luke-Acts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3. Anabaptists and the apocalypse: the makings of a cosmic war in Münster -- Introduction -- The life and career of Melchior Hoffman, Herald of the apocalypse -- How the Melchiorites became Münsterites -- How the Münsterites became militants -- The siege of Münster as a cosmic war -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. "Ruling [the Church] to its destruction and leading souls to hell in masses": violence, victimhood, and self-defence in the conciliarist discourse of Jacques Almain -- Introduction -- The organic analogy and ius to self-defence -- A biological body -- A political body -- The mystical body of Christ -- Papal violence against the whole Church -- The Church as a non-corporate collective -- Concern for the Church as the faithful -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5. Fearful symmetry: revelation, Hellboy, and pop apocalyptic violence -- Introduction -- Revelation's Christ/Antichrist complex -- Hellboy's Christ/Antichrist complex.
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ISBN:1000409066