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100			_aJuergensmeyer, Mark
245		0	_aTerror in the mind of God: the global rise of religious violence/ _cMark Juergensmeyer
260			_aNew Delhi: _bOxford University Press, _c2000.
300			_axv, 316 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
440			_a(Comparative studies in religion and society) _v13
505			_aPreface 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.
650			_aViolence--Religious aspects
942			_cWB16