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Whitworth lecture to focus on “When Religion Becomes a Source of Violence”

Next month Whitworth University will welcome Whitworth alumna and assistant professor of political science at Oklahoma State University Laura Thaut Vinson to campus for a lecture, “When Religion Becomes a Source of Violence: Insights from Muslim-Christian Communal Violence in Northern Nigeria.”
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Karen Armstrong on the connections between religion and violence

(RNS) In the West, the idea that religion is inherently violent is taken for granted by everyone from academics to cab drivers, says British...
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God is not violent

In another post on this website Eric Blauer has shared his struggle with the relationship between violence and faith. If you haven’t read it, please do; it is an important statement.  My own journey has led me to a conclusion that might or might not be different from Eric’s, but it feels to me like it is in the same neighborhood.

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