Sacred Violence: Political Religion in a Secular Age

by David Martin Jones and M. Rainsborough

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349460338
• ISBN13: 9781349460335
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"