The constitution of religious political violence: Institution, culture, and power

The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 429-470

  Friedland, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divinity; Institutional logic; Institutionalism; Institutions; Political violence; Politicized religion; Religious nationalism; Religious violence; Sex; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060692267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195377767.013.16     Document Type: Chapter

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