Bivins, Jason C.

Thinking about Religion and Violence (Complete set of 4 DVDs + Course Guidebook)

Chantilly, VA: The Great Courses / The Teaching Company, 2018.
DVD set of 4 discs in box + paperback guidebook.

Course #4105.  Jason Bivins is a Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at North Carolina State University whose specialty is religion and American culture, focusing particularly on the intersection between religions and politics since 1900. In this series of 24 30-minute lectures, Dr. Bivins examines the connection between human spirituality and violence. Disc topics include:

Disc 1

1. Religion and Violence: A Strange Nexus
2. Defining Religion and Violence
3. Violence in Sacred Texts
4. Martyrdom, Sacrifice, and Self-Harm
5. Scapegoating and Demonology
6. Understanding With Trials

Disc 2

1. The Apocalyptic Outlook
2. Racial Violence and Religion
3. Religion and Violence against Women
4. Sexuality, Morality, and Punishment
5. Heresies and Their Suppression
6. Religion and Just War Theory

Disc 3

1. Peace as a Religious Ideal
2. War Gods and Holy War
3. Religious Violence in Israel
4. Religious Violence in India
5. Religion’s Relationship with Slavery
6. Native Americans and Religious Violence

Disc 4

1. Violence and “Cults”
2. Anti-Catholicism in Europe and America
3. The Persistence of Anti-Semitism
4. Islam, Violence, and Islamophobia
5. Religion and Terrorism
6. What We Can Do about Religious Violence

 

Item #900840
ISBN: 162997529X

4 discs in case, 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture, includes 233pp 5-1/4 x 7-3/8" guide book in pictorial wrappers.

Previously owned set in excellent unused condition.

Price: $35.00