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In Vain

Kenney, Jim
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"Violence, terror, and war defaced the 20th century. Their awful discoloration of our era was heightened by the exacerbating role of religious (and ethnic) identity. The conjuring of evil in our time has all too often been intensified by the admixture of “good”. That frames the questions at issue. What are the sources of violence, terror, and war? How does “good” intensify “evil”? Finally, when and how did religion become the most terrifying face of our age? When, in the modern period, did violence and religion become intertwined in the minds of so many thoughtful people? [...]", p. 1.
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2008
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