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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
God's grace from ground zero God's grace from ground zero Stephen Sorenson,Jim Cymbala Offers spiritual guidance for finding hope in the midst of grief after the tragedy of the September 11th terrorist attacks. OL15927069W
The Blackwell companion to religion and violence The Blackwell companion to religion and violence Andrew R. Murphy "The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relation… OL16190447W
Sacred violence Sacred violence Brent D. Shaw "One route to understanding the nature of specifically religious violence is the study of past conflicts. Distinguished ancient historian Brent D. Shaw provides a new analysis of the intense sectaria… OL16212671W
The darkening age The darkening age Catherine Nixey Offers a history of the rise of Christianity in the classical world that focuses on its terrible cost, in terms of violence and dogmatic intolerance, that helped bring upon the dark ages. "A bold ne… OL19738235W
Raising Abel Raising Abel James Alison The US edition; in the UK, published under the title Living in the End Times OL2619201W
Dying for Heaven Dying for Heaven Ariel Glucklich In Dying for Heaven, Georgetown scholar and advisor to the defense community Ariel Glucklich explains the religious motivation of terrorism. This provocative work of political science argues that the… OL3251789W
Sacred Fury Sacred Fury Charles Selengut History, marred with the actions of fundamentalist and extremist groups, continues to highlight religion as a cause for violent action. But how 'religious' is this violence? And what drives the faith… OL8023301W