Terror in the mind of God : the global rise of religious violence / / Mark Juergensmeyer

• Autore: Juergensmeyer Mark
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 291.178331
• Soggetto topico: Violence - Religious aspects; Terrorism - Religious aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Terror in the Mind of God; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Terror and God; The Meaning of Religious Terrorism; Seeing Inside Cultures of Violence; Cultures of Violence; 2 Soldiers for Christ; Mike Bray and Abortion Clinic Bombings; Theological justifications; Eric Robert Rudolph and Timothy McVeigh; Catholics and Protestants in Belfast; 3 Zion Betrayed; Yoel Lerner and the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin; Baruch Goldstein's Attack at the Tomb of the Patriarchs ; Meir Kahane and jewish justifications for Violence4 Islam's ""Neglected Duty""; Mahmud Abouhalima and the World Trade Center Bombing; Abdul Aziz Rantisi and Hamas Suicide Missions; Modern Islamic justifications for Violence; 5 The Sword of Sikhism; Simranjit Singh Mann and India's Assassinations; Sikh and Hindu justifications for Violence; 6 Armageddon in a Tokyo Subway; Takeshi Nakamura and the Aum Shinrikyo Assault; Can Buddhist Violence Be justified?; The Logic of Religious Violence; 7 Theater of Terror; Performance Violence; Setting the Stage; Illustrations follow page; A Time to Kill ; Reaching the Audience8 Cosmic War; Grand Scenarios; Symbolic War; When Symbols Become Deadly; 9 Martyrs and Demons; Sacrificial Victims; The Invention of Enemies; America as Enemy; Satanization and the Stages of Empowerment; 10 Warriors' Power; Empowering Marginal Men; Why Guys Throw Bombs; Fighting for the Rule of God; 11 The Mind of God; Empowering Religion; Postmodern Terror; Curing Violence; Destroying Violence; Terrifying Terrorists; Violence Wins; Separating Religion from Politics; Healing Politics with Religion; Notes; Interviews and Correspondence; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Completely revised and updated, this new edition of Terror in the Mind of God incorporates the events of September 11, 2001 into Mark Juergensmeyer's landmark study of religious terrorism. Juergensmeyer explores the 1993 World Trade Center explosion, Hamas suicide bombings, the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack, and the killing of abortion clinic doctors in the United States. His personal interviews with 1993 World Trade Center bomber Mahmud Abouhalima, Christian Right activist Mike Bray, Hamas leaders Sheik Yassin and Abdul Azis Rantisi, and Sikh political leader Simranjit Singh Mann, among other
• Altri titoli varianti: Global rise of religious violence
• Titolo autorizzato: Terror in the mind of God
• ISBN: 0-520-93061-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248323503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Comparative Studies in Religion and Society