Dying for heaven
Subtitle: holy pleasure & suicide bombers--understanding the appeal of self-annihilation
By: Ariel Glucklich.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780061430817
Subjects: Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.; Suicide bombers -- Religious life.; Terrorists -- Religious life.; Violence -- Religious aspects.; Hedonism -- Religious aspects.; Heaven.; Paradise.; Future life.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Religious self-destructiveness and nuclear deterrence; title: The mysteries of pleasure; title: The varieties of religious pleasure; title: The school for happiness; title: Disgust and desire: why we sacrifice for the group; title: God's love and the prozac effect; title: Spiritual love and the seeds of annihilation; title: The paradise paradox: the misery of heaven-addicts; title: The martyr's theater.