The Religious in Responses to Mass Atrocity: by Thomas Brudholm, Thomas Cushman

By Thomas Brudholm, Thomas Cushman
A unusual and interesting element of many responses to mass atrocities is the artistic and eclectic use of non secular language and frameworks. a few crimes are so severe that they "cry out to heaven," drawing humans to hire non secular vocabulary to make which means of and to pass judgement on what occurred, to house questions of guilt and accountability, and to re-establish desire and belief of their lives. furthermore, lately, non secular actors became more and more influential in around the world contexts of conflict-resolution and transitional justice. This assortment bargains a serious evaluation of the probabilities and difficulties touching on makes an attempt to convey non secular - or semi-religious - allegiances and views to undergo in responses to the mass atrocities of our time: whilst and the way can non secular language or non secular ideals and practices be both worthwhile or important? And what are the issues and purposes for warning or critique? during this booklet, a gaggle of unique students discover those questions and provide quite a number unique explanatory and normative views.