The warrior and the pacifist: competing motifs in Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

"This book looks at two contradictory ethical motifs - the warrior and the pacificist - across four major faith traditions: Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their role in shaping our understanding of violence and the morality of its use. The Warrior and the Pacifist explores how t...

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Weitere Verfasser: Kurtz, Lester R. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Routledge 2018
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Zusammenfassung:"This book looks at two contradictory ethical motifs - the warrior and the pacificist - across four major faith traditions: Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their role in shaping our understanding of violence and the morality of its use. The Warrior and the Pacifist explores how these faith traditions, which now mutually inhabit our life spaces, bring with them across the millennia the moral teachings that have traveled from prehistoric humanity, embedded in the beliefs, rituals, and institutions socially constructed by humans to deal with ultimate concerns, core aspects of daily personal and social life, and life transitions"--
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 04, 2018)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xx, 342 pages)
ISBN:9780429505263
0429505264
9780429999383
0429999380
9780429999376
0429999372

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