Religion and Terrorism - The Use of Violence in Abrahamic Monotheism

Religion and Terrorism: The Use of Violence in Abrahamic Monotheism provides theoretical analysis of the nature of religious terrorism and religious martyrdom and also delves deeply into terrorist groups and beliefs in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

List of contents

Introduction
Richard Sherlock and Veronica Ward
Chapter 1: Religious Terrorism and Monotheism
Richard Sherlock
Chapter 2: Martyrdom in the Three Monotheistic Religions: Historical Survey and Analysis Veronica Ward
Chapter 3: From Religion to Terror: Christian Fundamentalism and Extremism
Douglas Pratt
Chapter 4: Jewish and North American Protestant Religious Violence: Contemporary Variations on an Ancient Theme
Gideon Aran
Chapter 5: How Religious is "Islamic" Religious Terrorism?
John David Payne, Donna Lee Bowen and Joseph Woolstenhulme
Chapter 6: Hasan Al-Banna, the Art of Death and Contemporary Muslim Ideologies of Martyrdom
Daniel Brown
Chapter 7: The Role of Religion and Religious Teachings in Al-Qaeda
Mbaye Lo

About the author

Veronica Ward is associate professor of political science at Utah State University.

Richard Sherlock is professor of philosophy at Utah State University.

Summary

Religion and Terrorism: The Use of Violence in Abrahamic Monotheism provides theoretical analysis of the nature of religious terrorism and religious martyrdom and also delves deeply into terrorist groups and beliefs in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Product details

• Authors: Veronica Ward, Veronica Sherlock Ward
• Assisted by: Richard Sherlock (Editor), Sherlock Richard (Editor), Veronica Ward (Editor), Ward Veronica (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781498557122
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5712-2
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, RELIGION / Fundamentalism, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Terrorism, armed struggle, Religious Fundamentalism, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict