Does Religion Cause Violence? -

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Résumé :
One of the most pressing issues of our time is the outbreak of extremist violence and terrorism, done in the name of religion. This volume critically analyses the link made between religion and violence in contemporary theory and proposes that 'religion' does not have a special relation to violence in opposition to culture, ideology or nationalism. Rather, religion and violence must be understood with relation to fundamental anthropological and philosophical categories such as culture, desire, disaster and rivalry. Does Religion Cause Violence? explores contemporary instances of religious violence, such as Islamist terrorism and radicalization in its various political, economic, religious, military and technological dimensions, as well as the legitimacy and efficacy of modern cultural mechanisms to contain violence, such as nuclear deterrence. Including perspectives from experts in theology, philosophy, terrorism studies, and Islamic studies, this volume brings together the insights of Ren? Girard, the premier theorist of violence in the 20th century, with the latest scholarship on religion and violence, particularly exploring the nature of extremist violence....

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Notes on Contributors
Introduction

Part 1: Does Religion Cause Violence?
1. Girard and the Myth of Religious Violence
William T. Cavanaugh (De Paul University, USA)
2. The Complex Relationship Between Violence and Religion: A Response to William T. Cavanaugh's Girard and the Myth of Religious Violence
Petra Steinmair-P?sel (University of Vienna, Austria)
3. Why Is God Part of Human Violence? The Idolatrous Nature of Modern Religious Extremism
Joel Hodge (Australian Catholic University, Australia)
4. Love Your Enemies: God's New World Order
Anthony J. Kelly (Australian Catholic University, Australia)

Part 2: Violence and Deterrence in the Modern World
5. The War to End All Wars: Mimetic Theory and Mounting to the Extremes in a Time of Disaster
Sandor Goodhart (Purdue University, USA)
6. The Sacred is Back-But As Simulacrum
Jean-Pierre Dupuy (?cole Polytechnique, France / Stanford University, USA)
7. Forms of the Sacred and the Texture of Hope
Sarah Bachelard (Australian Catholic University, Australia)
8. The End of Politics?
Chris Fleming (Western Sydney University, Australia)
9. Rites of Expulsion: Violence Against Heretics in Early Modern Catholic France
Carly Osborn (University of Adelaide, Australia)

Part 3: Islamic Terrorism: A Case Study of Contemporary Religious Violence
10. Islam and Violence: Debunking the Myths
Asma Afsaruddin (Indiana University, USA)
11. Violence, Religion, and the Sacred: In Dialogue with Asma Afsaruddin's Islam and Violence: Debunking the Myths
Paul Dumouchel (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
12. Religion, Radicalization, and Violent Extremism?
Julian Droogan (Macquarie University, Australia) and Lise Waldek (Macquarie University, Australia)
13. Religious Extremism, Terrorism and Islam: A Mimetic Perspective
Wolfgang Palaver (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
14. The Jihadist Current and the West: Politics, Theology, and the Clash of Conceptuality
Jonathan Cole (Charles Sturt University, Australia)

Appendix: Ren? Girard at a Glance
Glossary of Key Girardian Terms
Further Reading
Index