
Thinking About Religion and Violence
Scapegoating and Demonology
Educational · Jun 1, 2020 · 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection
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S1, E5: Discover how religious violence is almost always justified by portraying its targets as something other than human, or as malevolent. Professor Bivins explains how the social process of Other-ing has led religions to process and create fear through scapegoats, demons and monsters, false gods, and Antichrist figures.
Educational · Jun 1, 2020 · 31 min