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What are the Roots of Violence?
In this portal we ask ourselves about the roots of violence, and how religions account for violence in their own sacred stories and current teachings. Religious accounts of violence are the oldest we have. Nearly every religion or expression of faith in the world provides a response to questions about what violence is and how it enters the world. These responses include stories of creation and how violence can coerce or alter even the best intentions of people and communities. Violence can germinate in our lives and in society, but it never has to be the norm in our daily lives. Just because violence germinates does not mean it must grow.
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Ways to Learn More
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Selengut, Charles. Sacred Fury: Understanding Religious Violence. Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
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Juergensmeyer, Mark. Terror in the Mind of God : The Global Rise of Religious Violence. Comparative Studies in Religion and Society ; 13. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
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Juergensmeyer, Mark. Global Rebellion : Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to Al Qaeda. Comparative Studies in Religion and Society. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.
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Wentz, Richard E. Why People Do Bad Things in the Name of Religion. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1993.
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McTernan, Oliver J. Violence in God's Name : Religion in an Age of Conflict. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2003.
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Murphy, Andrew R. The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence. Blackwell Companions to Religion ; 42. Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
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