TY  - BOOK
AU  - Juergensmeyer, Mark
TI  - Terror in the mind of God: the global rise of religious violence
SN  - 9780520223011
U1  - 303.62 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Violence--Religious aspects
N1  - 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 violence --
4. 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. Seeing the stage. A time to kill. Reaching the audience --
8. 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
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