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William T. Cavanaugh

Selected Works

2004

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Interview: "Torture Report Leaves Unfinished Business", William T. Cavanaugh Nov 2004

Interview: "Torture Report Leaves Unfinished Business", William T. Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

No abstract provided.


Interview: "Can Theology Make A Difference In Achieving Racial Reconciliation?", William T. Cavanaugh Apr 2004

Interview: "Can Theology Make A Difference In Achieving Racial Reconciliation?", William T. Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

No abstract provided.


"The Violence Of 'Religion': Examining A Prevalent Myth", William T. Cavanaugh Feb 2004

"The Violence Of 'Religion': Examining A Prevalent Myth", William T. Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

This essay examines arguments that religion is prone to violence and finds them incoherent. They are incoherent because they can find no way consistently to differentiate the religious from the secular. After exposing the arbitrariness of the arguments, the essay goes on to examine why such arguments are so common. The hypothesis put forward is that such arguments are so prevalent because, while they delegitimate certain kinds of violence, they legitimate other kinds of violence, namely, violence done in the name of secular, Western states and ideals. Such arguments sanction a putative dichotomy between non-Western, especially Muslim, forms of culture …


Healing A Broken World: Globalization And God By Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda, William T. Cavanaugh Dec 2003

Healing A Broken World: Globalization And God By Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda, William T. Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

No abstract provided.


"Sins Of Omission: What 'Religion And Violence' Arguments Ignore", William T. Cavanaugh Dec 2003

"Sins Of Omission: What 'Religion And Violence' Arguments Ignore", William T. Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

No abstract provided.