宗教暴力的神话

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政治神学家卡瓦诺在这部challenging的作品中质疑了"宗教暴力"这一widely accepted narrative。他论证所谓的"宗教战争"实际上是early modern state formation的process，而violence的真正原因在于political和economic factors rather than religious beliefs per se。卡瓦诺特别分析了secular state如何利用religion violence的myth来legitimate自己的authority和对violence的monopoly。这部作品对于understanding secularization、violence和political authority的relationship具有profound implications。

Political theologian Cavanaugh questions the widely accepted narrative of "religious violence" in this challenging work. He argues that so-called "religious wars" were actually processes of early modern state formation, with violence's true causes lying in political and economic factors rather than religious beliefs per se. Cavanaugh particularly analyzes how the secular state uses the myth of religious violence to legitimate its own authority and monopoly on violence. This work has profound implications for understanding relationships between secularization, violence, and political authority.