Sacred Fury
Subtitle: Understanding Religous Violence
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: April 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780742560833
Subjects: Fundamentalism; Religion / Fundamentalism; General; Religion; Religion - Church History
Description: History, marred with the actions of fundamentalist and extremist groups, continues to highlight religion as a cause for violent action. But how 'religious' is this violence? And what drives the faithful to attack in the name of their beliefs? Charles Selengut brings together approaches from a wide range of disciplines to comprehend forms of religious violence around the globe. Drawing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the 9-11 attacks, Heaven's Gate, the Catholic sex abuse scandals, and many other recent cases, Sacred Fury explains the logics behind these faith driven acts. In this expanded second edition, Selengut pays special attention to the Iraq War, and the theology and organization of Al-Qaeda. - Publisher.