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Autore |
Price Daniel E. <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Sacred terror : how faith becomes lethal / / Daniel E. Price |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2012 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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979-82-16-01053-1 |
979-82-16-14127-3 |
1-283-54930-1 |
9786613861757 |
0-313-38639-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Collana |
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Praeger Security International |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Terrorism - Religious aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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How religion facilitates terrorism -- A more complex relationship between religion and terrorism -- Political causes of religion-based terrorism -- Socioeconomic causes of religion-based terrorism -- Psychological causes of religion-based terrorism -- Judaism: religion-based terrorism in Israel -- Christianity: the "troubles" in Northern Ireland and anti-abortion terrorism in the United States -- Islam: Hamas, Hezbollah, and al Qaeda. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book places the current wave of religion-based terrorism in a historical perspective, explaining why religion is associated with terrorism, comparing religion-based terrorism to other forms of terrorism, and documenting how religion-based terrorism is a product of powerful political, socioeconomic, and psychological forces. |
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