When religion kills: how extremists justify violence through faith

Christian fundamentalists. Hindu nationalists. Islamic jihadists. Buddhist militants. Jewish extremists. Members of these and other religious groups have committed horrific acts of terrorist violence in recent decades. How is this possible? How do individuals use their religious beliefs to justify s...

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1. VerfasserIn: Gurski, Phil (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Boulder London Lynne Rienner Publishers [2020]
In:Jahr: 2020
Online-Zugang: Inhaltsverzeichnis
Bestand in Tübingen:In Tübingen vorhanden.
UB: 60 A 2392
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Schlagwörter:
Violence > Religious aspects
Religious Fanaticism
Radicalism > Religious aspects
Violence ; Religious aspects
Fundamentalismus > Fanatismus > Gewalt > Terrorismus
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Zusammenfassung:Christian fundamentalists. Hindu nationalists. Islamic jihadists. Buddhist militants. Jewish extremists. Members of these and other religious groups have committed horrific acts of terrorist violence in recent decades. How is this possible? How do individuals use their religious beliefs to justify such actions? How do they manipulate the language and symbols of their faith to motivate others to commit violence in the name of the divine? Phil Gurski addresses these essential questions as he explores violent extremism across a broad range of the world's major religions.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 153-176. Register
Physische Details:v, 181 Seiten, 24 cm
ISBN:9781626378483
1626378487