Rohan Curnow

Religion and Violence

Theology

“Dominic Arcamone takes titans of religious thought--Rene Girard, Charles Taylor, and most significantly, Bernard Lonergan--and brings their insights to bear as he explores the relationship between religion and violence. It is at once an engaging, dialectical, and constructive piece of scholarship in which he examines symbols of cosmic war, martyrdom, demonization, and warrior empowerment. Arcamone's timely work offers a much-needed and highly nuanced framework that enables one to discern between authentic and inauthentic religious claims about violence.”