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“It is a neglected but essential fact that we cannot appreciate the relationship between religion and violence unless we grasp the nature and meaning of the two partners in this relationship. Yet our understandings both of religion and of violence are inadequate. Further, we usually consider too few offspring of their troubled marriage: when we think of “religious violence,” we tend to think only of holy war and (especially since September 11) religious terrorism. However, those are not the only types of religious violence.” ViolenceTerrorismIntoleranceSeptember 11CrusadesJihadReligious ViolenceHoly WarReligious Terrorism Book:Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History Source: Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History