The Reality of Religious Violence: From Biblical to Modern Times

by Hector Avalos

Violence and religion have been interacting from the beginning of recorded history according to The Reality of Religious Violence: From Biblical to Modern Times. This book addresses two major questions: 1. Does religious violence exist? 2. If so, how is it different from other types of violence?

The first question is a reaction to a whole stream of scholarship led by William T. Cavanaugh, author of The Myth of Religious Violence (2009), which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910928585
• ISBN13: 9781910928585
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
• Length: 514 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"