02375cam a2200361 i 4500 1506776462 TxAuBib 20240821120000.0 140620s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014011057 9780307957047 0307957047 9780307401960 0307401960 (OCoLC)870663460 TxAuBib rda Armstrong, Karen, author. Fields of blood : religion and the history of violence / Karen Armstrong. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. 512 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-488) and index. Part 1. Beginnings. Farmers and herdsmen ; India : the noble path ; China : warriors and gentlemen ; The Hebrew dilemma -- Part 2. Keeping the peace. Jesus : not of this world? ; Byzantium : the tragedy of empire ; The Muslim dilemma ; Crusade and jihad -- Part 3. Modernity. The arrival of "religion" ; The triumph of the secular ; Religion fights back ; Holy terror ; Global jihad. "From the renowned and best-selling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion's connection to violence. For the first time in American history, religious self-identification is on the decline. Some have cited a perception that began to grow after Sept 11: That faith in general is a source of aggression, intolerance and divisiveness--something bad for society. But how accurate is that view? And does it apply equally to all faiths? In these troubled times, we risk basing decisions of real and dangerous consequence on mistaken understandings of the faiths subscribed around us, in our immediate community as well as globally. And so, with her deep learning and sympathetic understanding, Karen Armstrong examines the impulse toward violence in each of the world's great religions. 20240821. USM: In honor of Dr. Alfred Padula, Professor Emeritus, Department of History. VIOLENCE Religious aspects. VIOLENCE Religious aspects. Nonfiction.