Religion and violence: an ambivalent relationship
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https://doi.org/10.18226/21784612.v26.e021047Abstract
In this paper, we sustain the thesis that there is a violent aspect in the religious attitude. However, it is also true – as paradoxical as it might sound – that religion has been the privileged field to limit all kinds of violence in human societies.
Keywords: Religion. Violence. Sacrifice. Frazer. Girard. Eliade.
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