Caron Gentry explores the gendered dimensions of terrorism and political violence, approaching these phenomena through the lens of political science. Her work delves into a deeper understanding of the dynamics of violence and its societal impact. She investigates how gender influences the motivations, involvement, and experiences of actors within these conflicts. Her research contributes a nuanced perspective to the complex issues of political violence.
Focusing on feminist and postmodernist perspectives, the book critiques traditional Christian approaches to just-war theory. Caron Gentry examines the moral and ethical implications of war within a Christian context, challenging established norms and encouraging a re-evaluation of hospitality as a response to conflict. This thought-provoking analysis invites readers to reconsider the intersection of faith and warfare.
Disordered Violence looks at how gender, race and heteronormative expectations of public life shape Western understandings of terrorism as irrational, immoral and illegitimate. Caron Gentry examines the profiles of 8 well-known terrorist actors and looks at the gendered, racial, and sexualised assumptions in how their stories are told.