/ Hans G. Kippenberg ; translated by Brian McNeil.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Stanford, Calif.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Stanford University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 286 p. :
Other Physical Details
maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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"Originally published in German under the title Gewalt als Gottesdienst."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-277) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Violent religious practices -- The growth of social communities in the age of globalization -- Faith communities as actors in civil society -- The People's Temple -- Every day Ashura, every tomb Kerbala : Iran 1977-1981 -- "The party of God" intervenes in the war : Lebanon 1975-2000 -- Israel's wars of redemption -- Fighting for the foundational land (waqf) of Palestine -- American Protestants prepare the way for the eschatological battlefield in Palestine -- September 11, 2001 : a raid (ghazwa) on the path of God -- The war of the USA against terror, a war without borders -- Concluding remarks : wars of religion in the age of globalization.