Terror in the Mind of God – The Global Rise of Religious Violence: 13 (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society) - Softcover

Juergensmeyer, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520240111 ISBN 13: 9780520240117

Publisher: University of California Press, 2003

Synopsis

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 others, take us into the mindset of those who perpetrate and support violence in the name of religion.

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"Written well and engagingly for a popular audience."--Jonathan Groner, "Washington Post Book World"

Synopsis:

Beneath the histories of religious traditions - from biblical wars to crusading ventures and great acts of martyrdom - violence has lurked as a shadowy presence. Images of death have never been far from the heart of religion's power to stir the imagination. In this book, Mark Juergensmeyer asks one of the most important and perplexing questions of our age: Why do religious people commit violent acts in the name of their god, taking the lives of innocent victims and terrorizing entire populations?;This comparative study of religious terrorism explores incidents such as the World Trade Centre explosion, Hamas suicide bombings, the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack, and the killing of abortion clinic doctors in the United States. Incorporating personal interviews with World Trade Centre bomber Mahmud Abouhalima, Christian Right activist Mike Bray, Hamas leaders Sheik Yassin and Abdul Azis Rantisi, and Sikh political leader Simranjit Singh Mann, among others, Juergensmeyer takes us into the mindset of those who perpetrate and support violent acts.

In the process, he aims to help us understand why these acts are often associated with religious causes and why they occur with such frequency a

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0520240111
• ISBN 13: 9780520240117
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 320