Sacralization of Violence is the ideological process by which acts of political violence are imbued with religious or transcendent significance, distinguishing it from secular justifications of violence by framing such acts as sacred duties inherent to collective ethnonationalist identity and spiritual survival.
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The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India
N. J. Demerath, Paul R. Brass · Sociology of Religion · 2004 · 411 citations
Arts, Religion, Religious Studies +14
Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence
Christian Karner · Religion · 2000 · 269 citations
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- MJMark Juergensmeyer
University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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2 publications
52 citations
Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
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2 publications
62 citations
University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, United States
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1 publications
25 citations
Spelman College
Atlanta, United States
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14 citations
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
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Institut Jean Nicod
Paris, France
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University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst Center, United States
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 12 publications · 1.6K citations
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- Terrorism and Political Violence
3 publications · 118 citations
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- Sociology of Religion
2 publications · 969 citations
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- Perspectives on Politics
2 publications · 73 citations
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- Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
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