Sacred Violence: Political Religion in a Secular Age

M.L.R. Smith, David Martin Jones

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Abstract

Sacred Violence and Religious Violence examines the place that ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to bring about a purer world. In particular, the book examines Islamism and the western secular, liberal democratic responses to it.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationHoundmills, Basingstoke
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Number of pages270
ISBN (Electronic)9781137328069
ISBN (Print)9781137328076, 9781349460335
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Publication series

NameRethinking Political Violence
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

Keywords

  • Islam
  • Terrorism
  • Jihad
  • Counterterrorism
  • Securitisation
  • Politics and Religion
  • Violence
  • Political violence
  • Religion
  • International relations

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