radicalism and terrorism in religion explored via six case studies /
First Statement of Responsibility
James Dingley, Marcello Mollica, editors.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cham, Switzerland :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2018]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Classical social theory and the understanding of contemporary religious terrorism -- Religious independence of Chinese Muslim east Turkestan "Uyghur" -- Women's rights between civil and religious laws : the Lebanese law on protection of women and family members from domestic violence and the religious authorities' opposition -- Geopolitical vector of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the context of national security -- The case of Northern Ireland -- Terror-driven ethno-religious waves : mapping determinants in refugees' choices escaping Iraq and Syria -- Being Ezidi in the Middle East -- Conclusion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book addresses the problem of religiously based conflict and violence via six case studies. It stresses particularly the structural and relational aspects of religion as providing a sense of order and a networked structure that enables people to pursue quite prosaic and earthly concerns. The book examines how such concerns link material and spiritual salvation into a holy alliance. As such, whilst the religions concerned may be different, they address the same problems and provide similar explanations for meaning, success, and failure in life. Each author has conducted their own field-work in the religiously based conflict regions they discuss, and together the collection offers perspectives from a variety of different national backgrounds and disciplines.