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Religion and Violence: A Sociological Look at the Dark Side of Faith
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Cowan, Douglas . 2010. “Religion and Violence: A Sociological Look at the Dark Side of Faith”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/religion-and-violence-a-sociological-look-at-the.

Abstract

From the creation of the universe out of the sundered remains of defeated gods and goddesses to the placation through sacrifice and ritual of those deities who triumphed, from the fires of the Inquisition to nerve gas on the Tokyo subway, and from the Crusades to the attacks on the World Trade Center, religion and violence have been intimately related...

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Subject Area(s):
Religion
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200

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