More moral than God : taking responsibility for religious violence / Charlene P.E. Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Charlene Embrey, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects.

Violence.

Psychology, Religious.

Physical Description:

xv, 147 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2008]

Contents:

1 Does Religion Cause Violence? 1

2 A Brief History of Religious Violence 13

3 Searching for the Roots of "Religious" Violence 33

4 What Psychology Has to Offer 55

5 Religious Violence through the Lens of Psychoanalysis 79

6 Knowing God, Knowing Ourselves 99

7 Concluding Reflections: We Must Become More Moral Than Our Gods 119.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-142) and index.

ISBN:

9780742558687

0742558681

OCLC:

192050033