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The Cambridge companion to religion and terrorism / edited by James R. Lewis, University of Tromsø.

Lewis, James, 1949- editor.
2017
BL65.T47 C36 2017
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Title
The Cambridge companion to religion and terrorism / edited by James R. Lewis, University of Tromsø.
ISBN
9781107140141 (hardcover)
1107140145 (hardcover)
9781316505625 (paperback)
1316505626 (paperback)
Published
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
x, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number
BL65.T47 C36 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
201/.763325
Summary
"There is currently much discussion regarding the causes of terrorist acts, as well as the connection between terrorism and religion. Terrorism is attributed either to religious 'fanaticism' or, alternately, to political and economic factors, with religion more or less dismissed as a secondary factor. The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism examines this complex relationship between religion and terrorism phenomenon through a collection of essays freshly written for this volume. Bringing varying approaches to the topic, from the theoretical to the empirical, the Companion includes an array of subjects, such as radicalization, suicide bombing, and rational choice, as well as specific case studies. The result is a richly textured collection that prompts readers to critically consider the cluster of phenomena that we have come to refer to as 'terrorism,' and terrorism's relationship with the similarly problematic set of phenomena that we call 'religion.' -- From the publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Lewis, James, 1949- editor.
Series
Cambridge companions to religion.
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Does religion cause terrorism? / Mark Juergensmeyer
Religion, violence, nonsense, and power / William T. Cavanaugh
Discounting religion in the explanation of homegrown terrorism: a critique / Lorne L. Dawson
Religion, radicalization, and the causes of terrorism / Tom Mills and David Miller
The role of the devoted actor in war, revolution, and terrorism / Scott Atran
Girard on apocalypse and terrorism / Espen Dahl
Rational choice and religious terrorism: its bases, applications, and future directions / Stephen Nemeth
Terror as sacrificial ritual? A discussion of (neo- ) Durkheimian approaches to suicide bombing / Lorenz Graitl
Imitations of terror: applying a retro style of analysis to the religion-terrorism nexus / James R. Lewis
The LTTE: a non-religious, political, martial movement for establishing the right of self-determination of Īlattamils / Peter Schalk
The role of religion in al-Qaeda's violence / Pieter Nanninga
Meanings of savagery: terror, religion, and the Islamic State / Pieter Nanninga
Where's Charlie? The discourse of religious violence in France post 7/1/2015 / Per-Erik Nilsson
Understanding the threat of the Islamic State in contemporary Kyrgyzstan / Meerim Aitkulova
Terror and the screen: keeping the relationship of good and bad virtual / Christopher Hartney
Understanding Falun Gong's martyrdom strategy as spiritual terrorism / James R. Lewis and Nicole S. D'Amico.

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