Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Karen Armstrong

Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence



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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Jan 30, 2014 - The current archaeological exhumations of mass graves of the defeated do more than depict a singular moment in recent Spanish history; it provides a composite of Spanish history, religion, and science together. Sep 17, 2013 - Am I participating in some kind of modern lions-and-Christians blood-lust? Apr 19, 2014 - That Fox News gave both criminal Cliven Bundy and John Birch acolyte Richard Mack a national forum to incite violence against the federal government puts them squarely on the side of racist anti-American militias. I'd really like to see a national overhaul of science education that steps back from specific facts, and instead acts more like a history of science course, where students step through the experiments and discoveries in a limited number of specific fields. Just be sure when the And should Christians and other religious people step away altogether from watching or following football because of the physical violence it promotes? Feb 5, 2014 - Nye did an astounding job at calmly explaining the overwhelming evidence for why creationism (with special attention to Noah's ark and the flood) simply couldn't explain the origins and diversity of life on earth. In the shooting death of a friend whose body was found a mile away from Hernandez's home, a portrait has emerged of a man whose life away from the field included frequent encounters with police that started as long ago as his freshman year at the University of Florida. May 14, 2014 - And he was afraid, so they started to leave. Typical caveat: as a To European Catholics, Jewishness, and the Jewish religion, were inextricably connected to blood. The definition of a patriot takes on a different meaning for the religious and extremist far right who share a dangerous belief that they are a law unto themselves and not beholden to the laws of this nation, particularly the U.S. And I am doing this at Some of those lessons I learned for life were learned far better on a field or play or a court with teammates pursuing a mutual goal in the face of opposition than anywhere else. Dec 28, 2013 - However, as I argued in my last post, reality is a bit more complicated than this assertion portrays, and I'm going to look at two historical examples of religiously and racially motivated prejudice to illustrate why I believe this is true. It's why inquisitors If we know our history, then we should know the consequences of cultural violence. Feb 25, 2014 - What brings forth these confessions is wondering what if I tried to buy a pair of shoes but the shop owner refused me, saying his religious views prevented him from doing business with a self-acknowledged thief. Jul 3, 2013 - BOSTON -- When Aaron Hernandez first went before a judge to face a murder charge, a defense attorney said the former New England Patriots tight end had never been accused of a violent crime. On the one hand, exhumation allies and In this post on religion, secularism, and science, I look at the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War as an example of how people try to make sense of violence through science. When they were going out the commander told me, exactly, “We will not be silent about you provoking the soldiers. Aug 5, 2012 - My own hypothesis is that this tempest-in-a-teapot will go down as a relatively minor and deservedly forgotten episode in the broader history of religious violence in American culture in the past half-century. We will shoot you directly.” I told him, “Wait, wait.

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