Nilay Saiya

Weapon of Peace

How Religious Liberty Combats Terrorism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows that attempts to repress religion produce the very violent religious extremism that states seek to avoid.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 163mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781108474313
• ISBN-10: 1108474314
• Artikelnr.: 52528499

Autorenporträt

Nilay Saiya is assistant professor of public policy and global affairs at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: religious resurgence, repression and resistance
1. A global view of religious repression and terrorism
2. Minority religious discrimination and terrorism across faith traditions
3. Majority religious cooptation, terrorism and the Arab Spring
4. A weapon of peace
5. Religious liberty and American foreign policy
Appendix
References
Index.