Justification Of Religious Violence

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Submitted by crittylou on May 20, 2008

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Justification Of Religious Violence

Can violence be justified by religion? This question has been investigated for centuries among several different religions with no definite answer, but not until recently has popular culture taken interest in this subject. Two screenplay writers, Brent Hanley and Andrew Walker, have taken this question and used it as the basis for their film scripts. Frailty by Hanley and Seven by Walker are two sources that allow the viewers to see and understand the correlation between religion and violence in modern films. The two movie plots involve serial killers who use religious beliefs of Christianity to justify acts of violence. Both of the murders believe that they have been chosen by God to...

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