Violence, society, and the church : a cultural approach /

Arbuckle, Gerald A.

Violence, society, and the church : a cultural approach / Gerald A. Arbuckle. - Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c2004. - xx, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Violence, power, and culture -- Premodernity and violence -- Premodernity : impact on the church -- Premodernity : violence through gossip, shame, and humor -- Modernity, rationality, and violence -- Destructive envy, jealousy, and scapegoating in modernity -- Postmodernity : background to new forms of violence -- Demanding certitudes : ethnicity, fundamentalism, restorationism -- Paramodern culture : signals of transcendence -- Epilogue: A parable for our time.

0814629261 (alk. paper)

2003014499


Violence--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.