Blood That Cries Out from the Earth The Psychology of Religious Terrorism

Name: Blood That Cries Out from the Earth The Psychology of Religious Terrorism
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ISBN: 9780195335972

ISBN-10: 019533597X

ISBN-13: 9780195335972

Edition: 2008

Authors: James Jones

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Religious terrorism has become the scourge of the modern world. What causes a person to kill innocent strangers in the name of religion? As both a clinical psychologist and an authority on comparative religion, James W. Jones is uniquely qualified to address this increasingly urgent question. Research on the psychology of violence shows that several factors work to make ordinary people turn "evil." These include feelings of humiliation or shame, a tendency to see the world in black and white, and demonization or dehumanization of other people. Authoritarian religion or "fundamentalism," Jones shows, is a particularly rich source of such ideas and feelings, which he finds throughout the…

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List price: $48.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/11/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.46" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

James Jones (1921-77) was an American novelist best known for his World War II trilogy: From Here to Eternity, winner of the 1952 National Book Award, The Thin Red Line, and Whistle, the last published posthumously. During World War II, he was decorated with both the Bronze Star and Purple Heart Medals.



Introduction: Religion, Psychology, and Terrorism



Religion and Terrorism: The Need for a Multidimensional Model



Jihadism in Comparative Perspective: Psychological Themes in Religiously Motivated Terrorism



Aum Shinrikyo: Violence and Terrorism in Japanese Buddhism



The Divine Terrorist: Religion and Violence in American Apocalyptic Christianity



The Role of the Individual: Toward a Clinical Psychology of Religious Terrorism



What Does This Tell Us about Religion?


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