Holy Terrors, Second Edition Thinking about Religion after September 11

Name: Holy Terrors, Second Edition Thinking about Religion after September 11
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ISBN: 9780226482033

ISBN-10: 0226482030

ISBN-13: 9780226482033

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Bruce Lincoln

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It is tempting to regard the perpetrators of the September 11th terrorist attacks as evil incarnate. But their motives, as Bruce Lincoln's acclaimed "Holy Terrors" makes clear, were profoundly and intensely religious. Thus what we need after the events of 9/11, Lincoln argues, is greater clarity about what we take religion to be. "Holy Terrors" begins with a gripping dissection of the instruction manual given to each of the 9/11 hijackers. In their evocation of passages from the Quran, we learn how the terrorists justified acts of destruction and mass murder "in the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate." Lincoln then offers a provocative comparison of President Bush's…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 190
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.90" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Bruce Lincoln is the Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, where he is also affiliated with the Departments of Anthropology, Classics, Medieval Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies.



Preface to the Second Edition


Preface



The Study of Religion in the Current Political Moment



Symmetric Dualisms: Bush and bin Laden on October 7



Jihads, Jeremiads, and the Enemy Within



On the Relation of Religion and Culture



Religious Conflict and the Postcolonial State



Religion, Rebellion, Revolution



Theses on Religion and Violence



Final Instructions to the Hijackers of September 11, Found in the Luggage of Mohamed Atta and Two Other Copies



George W. Bush, Address to the Nation, October 7, 2001



Osama bin Laden, Videotaped Address, October 7, 2001



Transcript of Pat Robertson's Interview with Jerry Falwell Broadcast on the 700 Club, September 13, 2001


Notes


Index