Scapegoating and Demonology

Scapegoating and Demonology

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection
S1 E5: 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.