Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History

by Jack David Eller

This illuminating, in-depth studypresents a wealth of case material, demonstrating the many manifestations of religious violence-not just war and terrorism, which are the focus of so many discussions of religiously motivated violence-but also more prevalent forms. The author, an anthropologist, devotes separate chapters to: - sacrifice (both animal and human); - self-mortification (including self-injury, asceticism, and martyrdom); - religious persecution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616142189
• ISBN13: 9781616142186
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 451 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"