{"product_id":"gods-warriors-religious-violence-and-the-global-crisis-of-secularism-paperback","title":"God's Warriors: Religious Violence and the Global Crisis of Secularism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNilay Saiya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious violence remains an urgent problem for countries around the world. Despite this, scholars and analysts continue to struggle to understand the intersection of religion and violence and devise effective counterextremism policies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod's Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e offers a novel explanation for religious violence in the modern world, challenging a common assumption that such violence stems primarily from embattled, oppressed, and marginalized religious minority groups who seek to assert their rights vis-à-vis majorities. Instead, argues Nilay Saiya, religious violence most commonly arises from dominant and privileged religious majorities. When historically and culturally dominant faith traditions receive special treatment from the state in the form of social and legal privileges and rhetorical support from politicians, extremists from these majoritarian communities are emboldened to target minorities. The more states favor dominant religious communities and discriminate against minority ones, the more majoritarian violence they produce. This \"paradox of privilege\" results from a global crisis of political secularism afflicting much of the world today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on examples from the world's major religious traditions--Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism--Saiya's theory reshapes our understanding of the sources of religious violence in our era and carries important policy implications for decisionmakers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNilay Saiya\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He holds research interests in religion and global politics. He is author of two books: \u003cem\u003eWeapon of Peace: How Religious Liberty Combats Terrorism\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) and \u003cem\u003eThe Global Politics of Jesus: A Christian Case for Church-State Separation\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press 2022). His peer-reviewed studies have appeared in journals such as \u003cem\u003eConflict Management and Peace Science\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEuropean\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eJournal of Public Policy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Conflict Resolution\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePolitical Research Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTerrorism and Political Violence\u003c\/em\u003e, among many others. His public affairs commentary has appeared in \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEU Observer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLiberty Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNational Interest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Diplomat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52751331623245,"sku":"9780197813553","price":62.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/jin_9yaIYY9780197813553.webp?v=1762908924","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/gods-warriors-religious-violence-and-the-global-crisis-of-secularism-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}