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Interview: "Torture Report Leaves Unfinished Business", William T. Cavanaugh
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
Interview: "Can Theology Make A Difference In Achieving Racial Reconciliation?", William T. Cavanaugh
William T. Cavanaugh
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"The Violence Of 'Religion': Examining A Prevalent Myth", William T. Cavanaugh
"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
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
"Sins Of Omission: What 'Religion And Violence' Arguments Ignore", William T. Cavanaugh
William T. Cavanaugh
No abstract provided.