附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index.
Introduction. 1. Terror and God : The meaning of religious terrorism ; Seeing inside cultures of violence -- Cultures of violence. 2. Soldiers for Christ : Mike Bray and abortion clinic bombings ; Theological justifications ; Eric Robert Rudolph and Timothy McVeigh ; Catholics and Protestants in Belfast -- 3. Zion betrayed : Yoel Lerner and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin ; Baruch Goldstein's attack at the tomb of the patriarchs ; Meir Kahane and Jewish justifications for violence -- 4. Islam's "neglected duty" : Mahmud Abouhalima and the World Trade Center bombing ; Abdul Aziz Rantisi and Hamas suicide missions ; Modern Islamic justifications for violence -- 5. The sword of sikhism : Simranjit Singh Mann and India's assassinations ; Sikh and Hindu justifications for violence -- 6. Armageddon in a Tokyo subway : Takeshi Nakamura and the Aum Shinrikyo assault ; Can Buddhist violence be justified? -- The logic of religious violence. 7. Theater of terror : Performance violence ; Setting the stage ; A time to kill ; Reaching the audience -- 8. Cosmic war : Grand scenarios ; Symbolic war ; When symbols become deadly -- 9. Martyrs and demons : Sacrificial victims ; The invention of enemies ; America as enemy ; Satanization and the stages of empowerment -- 10. Warriors' power : Empowering marginal men ; Why guys throw bombs ; Fighting for the rule of God -- 11. The mind of God : Empowering religion ; Postmodern terror ; Curing violence.
摘要:Examines such incidents as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack, and the killing of abortion clinic doctors in the U.S. to explore the reasons behind acts of violence committed for religious causes.
