Fields of Blood : Religion and the History of Violence

Human beings have always had a natural propensity for aggression. Yet military violence and social oppression only emerged when the invention of agriculture created a society based upon the accumulation of wealth. For most of history this destructive potential could be contained but with industrialised warfare and the all-powerful modern state, humanity is on the brink of destroying itself. Taking us on a journey from prehistoric times to the present, Fields of Blood is an impeccably researched and passionately argued celebration of those religious ideas and movements that have opposed war and aggression and promoted equality, peace and reconciliation.