Tag Archives: Belief

Religious Essentialism

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Craig Martin

I spend a good bit of time in my courses trying to disrupt religious essentialism: the idea that all practitioners in a religious tradition share some essence, that such an essence determines their behavior, or that their beliefs are the … Continue reading →

Posted in Craig Martin, Pedagogy | Tagged Belief, Bible, Christianity, Idolatry, Islam, Murder, Qur'an, Religion and Violence, Religious Essentialism | 12 Comments

Divided by Faith?

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Craig Martin

It seems to be a common sense notion that people fight over differing religious beliefs. Consider the following paragraph from an NPR news story, which I take to be typical: When Osama bin Laden declared war on the West in … Continue reading →

Posted in Craig Martin, Politics and Religion, Theory and Method | Tagged 9/11, A Philosophy of Political Myth, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, American Empire, Belief, Chiara Bottici, Clash of Civilizations, Faith, Genealogies of Religion, Iraq, Israel, On Civility and Barbarity, Osama bin Laden, Palestine, Religion and the Domestication of Dissent, Religious Violence, Richard King, Russell McCutcheon, September 11, Talal Asad, The Al Qaeda Reader, The Myth of Religious Violence, Timothy Fitzgerald, William Cavanaugh | 4 Comments

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