Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
Description
Drawing on years of interviews with religious militants across Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities, this probing work investigates why individuals embrace violence in the name of faith. Through encounters in prisons, refugee camps, religious schools, and conflict zones, it explores the personal grievances, political pressures, and spiritual convictions that can transform belief into terror. The book reveals unexpected connections among seemingly different extremist movements while offering insight into the human faces behind acts of violence. Rigorous, compassionate, and deeply relevant, it also considers how terrorism might be more effectively understood and confronted.
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paperback
Harper Perennial
Published Aug 17, 2004
400 pages
ISBN: 9780060505332
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First Published
2003
Language
eng
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