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Abdul Ghaffar Khan's Nonviolent Jihad, Lester R. Kurtz
Abdul Ghaffar Khan's Nonviolent Jihad, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
Examines Abdul Ghaffar Khan's nonviolent civil resistance rooted in Islam and growing out of a violent mountain culture in the Northwest Frontier Province of British India. The movement he mobilized counters the misunderstandings about Islam as fundamentally violent and the idea that nonviolent resistance cannot come out of a violent culture.
Dalai Lama Darshan, Lester R. Kurtz
From Heresies To Holy Wars: Toward A Theory Of Religious Conflict, Lester R. Kurtz
From Heresies To Holy Wars: Toward A Theory Of Religious Conflict, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
Explores the elements of a theory of religious conflict, starting with Simmel's understanding of conflict as a form of human sociation and religion as content of a conflict (religious rhetoric and framing are used to carry or explain the conflict) vs. the form of religious conflict, in which the conflict itself takes on a sacred nature. I also examine the ritualization of conflict and the nature of conflict symbols, that is highly-charged symbols that become lightning rods for conflict.
Local Gods And Universal Faiths, Lester R. Kurtz
Local Gods And Universal Faiths, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
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The Politics Of Heresy, Lester R. Kurtz
Freedom And Domination, Lester R. Kurtz