This Companion offers a global, comparative history of the interplay between religion and war from ancient times to the present. Moving beyond sensationalist theories that seek to explain why 'religion causes war,' the volume takes a thoughtful look at the connection between religion and war through a variety of lenses - historical, literary, and sociological-as well as the particular features of religious war. The twenty-three carefully nuanced and historically grounded chapters comprehensively examine the religious foundations for war, classical just war doctrines, sociological accounts of religious nationalism, and featured conflicts that illustrate interdisciplinary expressions of the intertwining of religion and war. Written by a distinguished, international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned for this volume, The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of the history and sociology of religion and war, as well as other disciplines.
| ISBN: | 9781108835442 |
| Publication date: | 11th May 2023 |
| Author: | Margo Kitts |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 425 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Companions to Religion |
| Genres: |
Ancient religions and Mythologies History of religion |
This Companion offers a global, comparative history of the interplay between religion and war from ancient times to the present. Moving beyond sensationalist theories that seek to explain why 'religion causes war,' the volume takes a thoughtful look at the connection between religion and war through a variety of lenses - historical, literary, and sociological-as well as the particular features of religious war. The twenty-three carefully nuanced and historically grounded chapters comprehensively examine the religious foundations for war, classical just war doctrines, sociological accounts of religious nationalism, and featured conflicts that illustrate interdisciplinary expressions of the intertwining of religion and war. Written by a distinguished, international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned for this volume, The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of the history and sociology of religion and war, as well as other disciplines.
The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War features in the following genres: Ancient religions and Mythologies, History of religion
The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War was written by Margo Kitts and published by Cambridge University Press
The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War has 425 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Companions to Religion series
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