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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822659103321

Autore

Price Daniel E. <1962->

Titolo

Sacred terror : how faith becomes lethal / / Daniel E. Price

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2012

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

979-82-16-01053-1

979-82-16-14127-3

1-283-54930-1

9786613861757

0-313-38639-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Praeger Security International

Disciplina

201/.763325

Soggetti

Terrorism - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.