Confronting Religious Violence

by Catherine M. Wallace

Book Overview

Confronting Religious Violence: Christian Humanism and the Moral Imagination tells the tale of Christian theocracy in the West. Who converted whom was never entirely clear: the empire did stop feeding people to the lions for public entertainment; but Christianity was theologically corrupted by its official role in legitimating empire-as-usual. That theological corruption led to crusades, inquisitions, torture, and so forth. And it leaves us with a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498228836
• ISBN13: 9781498228831
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"