Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence
de Juergensmeyer, Mark
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- near fine
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520232062
- ISBN 13
- 9780520232068
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Abingdon, Illinois, United States
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Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2001. This dark, enthralling book not only documents the global rise of religious terrorism but seeks to understand the "odd attraction of religion and violence." Juergensmeyer bases his study on scholarly sources, media accounts and personal interviews with convicted terrorists. He exercises caution with the term "terrorist," preferring to emphasize the large religious community of supporters who make violent acts possible rather than the relatively small number who carry them out. Juergensmeyer identifies certain "cultures of violence" via case studies along the spectrum of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. Such religious communities often perceive themselves and their way of life as under attack. In Japan, for example, a new branch of "socially prophetic" Buddhists released toxic sarin gas in the Tokyo subway system in 1995, shattering their own nonviolent ethic and harming thousands because they had adopted millenarian prophecies about an imminent end to the world. Juergensmeyer is a powerful, skillful writer whose deeply empathic interviewing techniques allow readers to enter the minds of some of the late 20th century's most feared religious terrorists. Yet he is also a sensitive scholar who aptly dissects religious terrorism as a sociological phenomenon. Later chapters pay special attention to issues of "performance violence," enemy formation, martyrology, satanization and "images of cosmic confrontation." By examining acts of religious terrorism that have occurred in the late twentieth century--in Jerusalem, Tokyo, Oklahoma City--Juergensmeyer's comparative study seeks to understand the cultural breeding ground for religious extremism and violence. 316 pages. Outside four corners rubbed. Ffep has previous owners name scratched out with black marker and thirty two stamped on it.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-297) and index. "Gift, April 2007"
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- Título
- Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence
- Autor
- Juergensmeyer, Mark
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520232062
- ISBN 13
- 9780520232068
- Editorial
- University of California Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Berkeley, California
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001
- LCCN
- 99030466
- Palabras clave
- Religion, Sociology, Textbooks, Text Book,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Text Book;
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