Sacred Violence: Political Religion in a Secular Age

by David Martin Jones

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"