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Author Juergensmeyer, Mark.

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

Imprint Berkeley, [Calif.] : University of California Press, 2001, c2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  291.178331 J931t 2001    ---  Available
Edition [Updated ed.]
Description xvii, 316 p., [11] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Comparative studies in religion and society ; 13
Note "Updated edition with a new preface"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-297) and index.
Contents Mike Bray and abortion clinic bombings -- Theological justifications -- Eric Robert Rudolph and Timothy McVeigh -- Catholics and Protestants in Belfast -- Yoel Lerner and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin -- Baruch Goldstein's attack at the Tomb of the Patriarchs -- Meir Kahane and Jewish justifications for violence -- Mahmud Abouhalima and the World Trade Center bombing -- Abdul Aziz Rantisi and Hamas suicide missions -- Modern Islamic justifications for violence -- Simranjit Singh Mann and India's assassinations -- Sikh and Hindu justifications for violence -- Takeshi Nakamura and the Aum Shinrikyo assault -- Can Buddhist violence be justified?
Subject Violence -- Religious aspects.
Psychology, Religious.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Sikhism.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
ISBN 0520232062 (pbk.)

 
    
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