Holy Scriptures as justifications for war : fundamentalist interpretations of the Torah, the New Testament, and the Qur'an /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Randall, Albert B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2007]
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505 0 |a Introduction: Let's play the game which book is the most violent -- Violence in the Tanakh -- Violence in the New Testament -- Violence in the Qur'an -- Holy books do not fall from the sky -- Literalism and inerrancy : forms of idolatry -- The impossibility and irrationality of literalism -- The problems of translations -- The idolatry of inerrancy -- The fallacy of accent and false cause -- The Christian Bible : from henotheism to monotheism -- From the warrior Yahweh to the creator Eloh-im : from henotheism to monotheism -- The henotheistic origins of holy war (Herem) -- The Qur'an-holy war is a sin - Islam and the spiritual peace of submission to God -- Inerrancy and literalism : the Tanakh, New Testament and Qur'an -- The Jihads by the heart, tongue, arm and sword -- The spiritual Jihad -- The twelfth Imam Shi'a and the Sunni Wahhabis -- The twelfth Imam Shi'a -- The Sunni Wahhabis -- Having or being-an apology for peace -- Epilogue: A devotion on prayer and love. 
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