Religion Violence

Jain Dharma Ki Kahaniyan by Dhruva Kumar presents stories from Jainism, focusing on its teachings of non-violence, compassion, and spiritual awakening. These narratives offer profound insights into Jain philosophy, making it a valuable resource for listeners interested in religious and moral stories.

Habité depuis l'enfance par une folle passion des langues, qui m'a conduit à devenir un linguiste professionnel, je suis également envahi, depuis longtemps, par un questionnement : d'où vient donc le besoin qu'ont les humains de croire en un dieu ?Pourquoi l'histoire des religions est-elle hérissée de tant de violences, alors que, suscitées par les interrogations et les angoisses humaines face à un monde encore largement inexpliqué.

What does Jesus say and do within the narrative worlds of the New Testament gospels that, through the ages, enabled innumerable gory horrors and immense systemic violence to be perpetrated with his presumed permission? That is the question driving this book. Its compound title, Jesusviolence, simultaneously denotes: first, the violence inflicted on the gospel Jesuses in their narrative worlds; second, the violence enacted by the gospel Jesuses in their narrative worlds; and third, certain of the violence enacted in Jesus's name in our histories and worlds.

Este é um audiolivro necessário, especialmente quando pululam nas redes sociais “sábios” com respostas prontas para todos os problemas do país e do mundo, com base em fé ideológica, religiosa ou de qualquer outra espécie. Hélio Schwartsman, filósofo e jornalista da Folha de S. Paulo, não tem, é claro, todas as respostas, mas formula perguntas com muita perspicácia.

Avril 1545, quinze ans avant les guerres de religion, l'enfer en Luberon. Par un soir de tempête, un jeune homme épuisé et blessé surgit dans la bastide d'un paysan. C'est Arnaud de Montignac, capitaine aux gardes de Marguerite de Navarre. La sœur de François Ier l'envoie auprès d'un seigneur ami pour s'informer de ce qui se trame sur les bords de Durance. Trois armées en ordre de bataille, celle du roi de France, les troupes pontificales et les forces provençales, s'apprêtent à fondre sur le pays pour en chasser des paysans condamnés pour hérésie.

For many people, skeptics and believers alike, the Old Testament is rife with controversial passages and events that make both belief and sharing our beliefs with others difficult. Often our solutions have tended toward the extremes—ignore problem passages and pretend they don't matter or obsess over them and treat them as though they are the only thing that matters. Now with clarity of purpose and fidelity to the message and spirit of Scripture as a whole, Tremper Longman confronts pressing questions of concern to modern audiences.

God at War explores the dark attraction between religion and warfare. Virtually every religious tradition leaves behind it a bloody trail of stories, legends, and images of war, and most wars call upon the divine for blessings in battle. This book finds the connection between religion and warfare in the alternative realities created in the human imagination in response to crises both personal and social.