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All the religions of the world contain narratives, symbols, and metaphors of violence and war. [2] Religious violence is violence that is motivated by, or in reaction to, religious precepts, texts, or the doctrines of a target or an attacker. It includes violence against religious institutions, people, objects, or events. Religious violence ...
To provide a broader understanding of how the global situation has changed, the report, entitled, "A Closer Look at How Religious Restrictions Have Risen Around the World," covered a 10-year span ...
Religious abuse is abuse administered through religion, including harassment, humiliation, spiritual abuse or religious violence. [1] Religious abuse may also include the misuse of religion for selfish, secular, or ideological ends, such as the abuse of a clerical position. [2] [3] Religious abuse can be perpetuated by religious leaders or ...
Following this, Martin Repp discusses Aum, following the internal history of the group in the context of the wider social environment of Japan. He agures that the term "religious violence" should be used cautiously, and that religious justifications were after the fact; the group's actions were best understood similar to other kinds of violence.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department's 2023 religious freedom report on India noted violent attacks on minority groups, especially Muslims and Christians, including killings, assaults ...
David T. Smith, in Religious Persecution and Political Order in the United States, defines religious persecution as "violence or discrimination against members of a religious minority because of their religious affiliation," referring to "actions that are intended to deprive individuals of their political rights and force minorities to ...
One such feature is the tendency of children to "believe, without question, whatever your grown-ups tell you" (Dawkins, 2006, p. 174). Psychologist Paul Bloom sees religion as a by-product of children's instinctive tendency toward a dualistic view of the world, and a predisposition towards creationism.
A Theravada Buddhist monk speaking with a Catholic priest, Thailand. The status of religious freedom around the world varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non ...