Religion and Violence: Philosophical Perspectives from Kant to Derrida's careful posing of such questions and rearticulations pioneers new modalities for system

Religion and violence are intrinsic to the human story. By tracing their roots in human experience, Meral reveals that it is violence that shapes religion.

Does religion cause much of the world’s violence? Is religion inherently violent? Would violence disappear if religion did? Is true religion a force for peace

These essays explore the impact of religion and politics on human rights and violence in contemporary Latin America.

This book uses the theory of social movements and first-hand interviews to create a new analysis of religiously motivated political violence in the modern world