Blood That Cries Out From the Earth: The Psychology of Religious Terrorism
"This complex and nuanced book addresses one of the urgent issues of our times: the intersection of religion and violence. It does so with high intelligence and great sensitivity. Moving between examples as apparently different as theLeft Behindseries of Christian evangelical books in America, the global Jihad within Islam, and the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo, Jones develops a masterful psychology of religious terrorism. This book will be of great interest for all thinking Americans. --Charles B. Strozier, author ofApocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America"Blood that Cries Out From the Earthis an astonishing tour de force. Dr. Jones probes deeply into the spiritual and emotional needs that drive some youth to accept violent ideologies. He pays particular attention to the interplay between social networks, extreme religion, and individual needs -- something that previous studies have missed. This book is a gift to all of us who hope to understand and to reduce terrorist violence carried out by those who imagine themselves to be serving God by killing innocents." --Jessica Stern, author ofTerror in the Name of God