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Article Excerpt
HOLY WAR, JUST WAR: EXPLORING THE MORAL MEANING OF RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE
Lloyd Steffen
Lanham Maryland, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007
301 pages, paper, $34.95
Holy War, Just War contributes to one of the critical questions of the new century: that of the links and associations between violence and religion. With reference to numerous sources ranging from Rene Girard to Aristotle, as well as diverse instances of religiously motivated violence, ranging from attacks on abortion doctors to 9/11, Steffen presents an intriguing and compelling case focussing on the moral dimensions of the religion-violence nexus.
This book is not, however, overly accessible to the average reader, despite its production values suggesting otherwise. The simple, eye-catching cover, as well as the large font and type space hinting at a desire for a wider audience, belie the complex nature of the book. Owing to some degree to the nebulous nature of the subject matter itself, at times the book deals cumbersomely...
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