Thinking about Religion and Violence

Scapegoating and Demonology (1x5)

Air date: Apr 28, 2018

Discover how religious violence is almost always justified by portraying its targets as something other than human, or as malevolent. Professor Bivins explains how the social process of Other-ing has led religions to process and create fear through scapegoats, demons and monsters, false gods, and Antichrist figures.