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| vii Tables and Figures Table 1. The Violence Iceberg 16 Table 2. Bruce Lincoln’s Four Elements of “Religion” 19 Table 3. René Girard’s “Mimetic Model” of Violence and the Sacred 29 Table 4. Scott Appleby’s “Marks of ‘Extremist Religion’” 30 Table 5. Mark Juergensmeyer’s “Logic of Religious Violence” 31 Table 6. Asa’s Tale 110 Table 7. Abigail’s Tale 119 Table 8. The Logic of Handmaids’ Tales 129 Figure 1. Woodcut of “Faithful” from Pilgrim’s Progress 148 Figure 2. Woodcut of “Gyant Dispair” from Pilgrim’s Progress 150 ...

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