Revelation, the Religions, and Violence by Lefebure, Leo D.

Revelation, the Religions, and Violence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781570753008)

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Revelation, the Religions, and Violence by Lefebure, Leo D.

Revelation, the Religions, and Violence

$26.00
Revelation, the Religions, and Violence by Lefebure, Leo D.

Revelation, the Religions, and Violence

$26.00
Format: Paperback
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Revelation, The Religions, and Violence examines the basic human dynamics that produce violence and how the diverse experiences of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, as well as Chinese and Indian religions, address this universal problem.

Lefebure extends the pathbreaking insights of Rene Girard into a multi-religious context. In particular, he shows how Christianity -- which many accuse of glorifying violence in the crucifixion of Jesus -- really unmasks humanity's violent impulses no matter how sacred the cause they appear to validate. Although historically attitudes toward and encounters among the world religions have been filled with strife, the values and experiences they share can become the bedrock on which to build more humane societies




Author: Leo D. Lefebure
ISBN-10: 1570753008
ISBN-13: 9781570753008
Publisher: Orbis Books
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2000
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.06w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 03/07/2001 pg. 25
By Leo D. Lefebure
By Leo D. Lefebure
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Leo D. Lefebure is the inaugural holder of the Matteo Ricci, S.J., Chair of Theology at Georgetown University. He is the author of the award-winning Transforming Interreligious Relations: Catholic Responses to Religious Pluralism in the United States. His other award-winning books include Revelation, the Religions, and Violence; True and Holy: Christian Scripture and Other Religions; Revelation, the Religions, and Violence, and The Path of Wisdom: A Christian Commentary on the Dhammapada, coauthored with Peter Feldmeier. Lefebure is the program chair of the American Theological Society, the past president of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, a research fellow of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a trustee emeritus of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.

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