
- Publisher: Anthem Press
- Online publication date: May 2013
- Print publication year: 2013
- Online ISBN: 9780857283092
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7135/9780857283092
- Subjects: Sociology of Religion, Sociology
The book explores the role of religion in war and peace through nine original contributions that examine a range of case studies from different historical periods. Religion, the volume suggests, is typically not the cause of human conflict, but rather the product of actions by the state and the legal system.