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A too-familiar tension between religion and terrorism
Q. Calling himself an anti-Muslim ’crusader’ for ’Christendom,’ Anders Behring Breivik killed 76 people in Norway last week. Should Breivik be called a ‘Christian terrorist’?
A. Step 1: Crazy person commits horrific violence in the name of [insert name of religion].
Step 2: Responsible leaders affiliated with said religion disavow said crazy person’s actions, state that they are in fact diametrically opposed to their religion’s values, note that the person’s views seemed more affiliated with a political agenda than with the theological core of the faith -- in this case, the following from Breivik’s manifesto: “If you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God then you are a religious Christian. Myself and many more like me do not necessarily have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God. We do however believe in Christianity as a cultural, social, identity and moral platform. This makes us Christian.”
Step 3: Commentators engage in hand-wringing over whether religious label should have been applied in this case.
Lather, rinse, repeat...sadly.
| Jul 27, 2011 2:05 PM
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