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Informationen zum Autor James R. Lewis is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromsø, Norway. A scholar of New Religious Movements, he currently edits or co-edits three book series and is the general editor for the Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review. Recent publications include Violence and New Religious Movements (2011), Sacred Suicide (2014, with Carole Cusack), Cults: A Reference and Guide (2014), The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements: Volume II (2015, with Inga B. Tøllefsen), and The Invention of Satanism (2016, with Asbjørn Dyrendal and Jesper Petersen). Klappentext Does religion cause terrorism? This volume presents a range of theories and case studies that address this important issue. Zusammenfassung Terrorist acts are often viewed as resulting from religious 'fanaticism' or! alternately! assertions that the 'real' causes of terrorism are political and economic! with religion being a mere afterthought. The present collection brings together a selection of researchers with widely varying approaches that prompt readers to reach their own conclusions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Does religion cause terrorism? Mark Juergensmeyer; 2. Religion, violence, nonsense, and power William T. Cavanaugh; 3. Discounting religion in the explanation of homegrown terrorism: a critique Lorne L. Dawson; 4. Religion, radicalization, and the causes of terrorism Tom Mills and David Miller; 5. The role of the devoted actor in war, revolution, and terrorism Scott Atran; 6. Girard on apocalypse and terrorism Espen Dahl; 7. Rational choice and religious terrorism: its bases, applications, and future directions Stephen Nemeth; 8. Terror as sacrificial ritual? A discussion of (neo-) Durkheimian approaches to suicide bombing Lorenz Graitl; 9. Imitations of terror: applying a retro style of analysis to the religion-terrorism nexus James R. Lewis; 10. The LTTE: a non-religious, political, martial movement for establishing the right of self-determination of ¿lattamils Peter Schalk; 11. The role of religion in al-Qaeda's violence Pieter Nanninga; 12. Meanings of savagery: terror, religion, and the Islamic State Pieter Nanninga; 13. Where's Charlie? The discourse of religious violence in France post 7/1 2015 Per-Erik Nilsson; 14. Understanding the threat of the Islamic State in contemporary Kyrgyzstan Meerim Aitkulova; 15. Terror and the screen: keeping the relationship of good and bad virtual Christopher Hartney; 16. Understanding Falun Gong's martyrdom strategy as spiritual terrorism James R. Lewis and Nicole S. Ruskell....
