RELIGION & VIOLENCE
WEEK 10
COURSE MATERIALS
By Asst. Prof. Dr. Selman Yılmaz
Definition: What is it?
Symbolic images or actual acts of violence?
Protracted warfare or single terrorist events?
Contemporary incidents or historical memories?
Solely religious images and events, or
incidents that are largely for social or
political purposes?
Definition
Contemporary acts of terrorism
undertaken for religious motives
Theological Justifications
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Others
Crime & Religion
Offenses against life and body immunity
Convicted people are more religious
Offenses against property
Convicted people are less religious
Displaced Violence
Symbolic atcs
Utilization
Religious leaders
Political agenda
Review
Any further comments and questions?
References
Juergensmeyer, Mark (2011). Religious Violence.
In Peter B. Clarke (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion.