Description In the last few decades, dozens of Books have been published about whether, and how, the "Holy books" and specific passages in the "Holy books" inspire, promote, and justify acts of terrorism and war.
Who is portrayed as committing, advocating, threatening, and.
More importantly, this book examines the qualities of the violent acts that are portrayed.
It reports the numbers of verses in each Holy book--and their corresponding chapters--which portray or refer to acts of physical Violence against humans, including acts of interpersonal violence, terror, genocide, battles, and wars.
In order to be as objective and as empirical as possible, it is based on four years of research that uses systematic content analysis to examine every verse in widely available versions of the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Qur\'an.
This book goes beyond these other Books in a number of ways.
Most authors focus on violent events in the past, and most authors do not provide very specific recommendations for reducing possible acts of "Holy book violence" in the Decades ahead.
Often they do so by presenting a few dozen verses that are consistent with their particular point of view.
A few authors compare two or more of the Holy Books regarding the number of violent passages.
Some of these authors contend that one or more of the Holy Books essentially are Books of peace.
By contrast, other authors focus on a limited number of passages that seem to them to be anti-violent and pacifistic.
Many of these authors focus on a limited number of passages that seem to them to be violent, terroristic, and bellicose.
Some authors contend that one or more of the Holy Books essentially are violent books, or that they are Books of Terror or Books of war.
Many of the authors of these Books are scholars of religion, religious leaders, journalists, and people who have a limited point of view, a particular theory to support, or a political purpose that limits their objectivity and thoroughness.
Description In the last few decades, dozens of Books have been published about whether, and how, the "Holy books" and specific passages in the "Holy books" inspire, promote, and justify acts of terrorism and war
