Sacred fury
understanding religious violence
by Charles Selengut
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This book helps us understand one of the most disturbing and perplexing phenomena of modern life: the emergence of religious violence as a major factor in world affairs. [In the book, the author] surveys the literature in the filed and rightly focuses on the idea of sacred war as religion's potent contribution to charged political encounters. He brings psychological perspectives to bear in helping us understand how marginalized people - adopting religious images of divine conquest - engage in terrorism and other acts of public violence out of a sense of spiritual mission.-Back cover.
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Sacred Fury: Understanding Religious Violence
2017, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Sacred Fury: Understanding Religious Violence
2017, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
in English
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Sacred Fury: Understanding Religious Violence
2008, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
in English
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Sacred Fury: Understanding Religous Violence
April 28, 2008, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Paperback
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Sacred Fury: Understanding Religous Violence
April 28, 2008, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Hardcover
in English
- 2 edition
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Sacred Fury: Understanding Religious Violence
January 2004, AltaMira Press
Hardcover
in English
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Sacred Fury: Understanding Religious Violence
February 2004, AltaMira Press
Paperback
in English
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Sacred fury: understanding religious violence
2003, Altamira Press
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History, marred with the actions of fundamentalist and extremist groups, continues to highlight religion as a cause for violent action. But how 'religious' is this violence? And what drives the faithful to attack in the name of their beliefs? Charles Selengut brings together approaches from a wide range of disciplines to comprehend forms of religious violence around the globe. Drawing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the 9-11 attacks, Heaven's Gate, the Catholic sex abuse scandals, and many other recent cases, Sacred Fury explains the logics behind these faith driven acts. In this expanded second edition, Selengut pays special attention to the Iraq War, and the theology and organization of Al-Qaeda. - Publisher.
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