Religion and Terrorism (eBook)

The Use of Violence in Abrahamic Monotheism

Richard Sherlock, Veronica Ward (Herausgeber)

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2013
218 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8569-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Religion and Terrorism: The Use of Violence in Abrahamic Monotheism provides theoretical analysis of the nature of religious terrorism and religious martyrdom and also delves deeply into terrorist groups and beliefs in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Religious terrorism is found in all three of the great monotheistic faiths, and while the public is most aware of Islamic terrorism, Jewish and Christian faiths have extremist groups that warp their teaching -in ways unrecognizable to most adherents- to support terrorism. This work will be of interest to scholars in religious studies, political science, and sociology.

Autor

Veronica Ward is associate professor of political science at Utah State University.Richard Sherlock is professor of philosophy at Utah State University.

Inhalt

Introduction Richard Sherlock and Veronica WardChapter 1: Religious Terrorism and MonotheismRichard SherlockChapter 2: Martyrdom in the Three Monotheistic Religions: Historical Survey and Analysis Veronica WardChapter 3: From Religion to Terror: Christian Fundamentalism and Extremism Douglas PrattChapter 4: Jewish and North American Protestant Religious Violence: Contemporary Variations on an Ancient ThemeGideon AranChapter 5: How Religious is “Islamic” Religious Terrorism?John David Payne, Donna Lee Bowen and Joseph WoolstenhulmeChapter 6: Hasan Al-Banna, the Art of Death and Contemporary Muslim Ideologies of MartyrdomDaniel BrownChapter 7: The Role of Religion and Religious Teachings in Al-QaedaMbaye Lo

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.12.2013
• Co-Autor: Gideon Aran, Donna Lee Bowen, Daniel Brown, Mbaye Bashir Lo, John David Payne, Douglas Pratt, Joseph Woolstenhulme
• Zusatzinfo: 4 Illustrations including: - 1 Black & White Illustrations; - 3 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Al Qaeda • martyrdom • Political Science • Political violence • Religion • Religion and History • Religion and Politics • religious doctrine • terrorism • Terrorist • violence and religion
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-8569-1 / 0739185691
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-8569-8 / 9780739185698