Violence, society, and the church : a cultural approach / Gerald A. Arbuckle.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c2004.Description: xx, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0814629261 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.83 22 Ar19v
LOC classification:
  • BX1795.V56 A73 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Violence, power, and culture -- Premodernity and violence -- Premodernity : impact on the church -- Premodernity : violence through gossip, shame, and humor -- Modernity, rationality, and violence -- Destructive envy, jealousy, and scapegoating in modernity -- Postmodernity : background to new forms of violence -- Demanding certitudes : ethnicity, fundamentalism, restorationism -- Paramodern culture : "signals of transcendence" -- Epilogue : a parable for our time.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Violence, power, and culture -- Premodernity and violence -- Premodernity : impact on the church -- Premodernity : violence through gossip, shame, and humor -- Modernity, rationality, and violence -- Destructive envy, jealousy, and scapegoating in modernity -- Postmodernity : background to new forms of violence -- Demanding certitudes : ethnicity, fundamentalism, restorationism -- Paramodern culture : "signals of transcendence" -- Epilogue : a parable for our time.

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