Ambivalence Of The Sacred: Religion, Violence, And Reconciliation; Author: Appleby, R. Scott; Introduction: Hesburgh, Theodore M.; Hardback; Book

Author: Appleby, R. Scott; Introduction: Hesburgh, Theodore M.
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict (Hardcover); Hardback; Book
448 pages
Published: December 1999
Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0847685543
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This book explains what religious terrorists and religious peacemakers share in common, what causes them to take different paths in fighting injustice, and how a deeper understanding of religious extremism can and must be integrated more effectively into our thinking about tribal, regional, and international conflict.This text explains what religious terrorists and religious peacemakers share in common and what causes them to take different paths in fighting injustice. It proposes that a deeper understanding of religious extension must be integrated more effectively into our thinking about conflict.