Terror in the mind of God : the global rise of religious violence

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Terror in the Mind of God
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Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Terror and God
	The Meaning of Religious Terrorism
	Seeing Inside Cultures of Violence
PART ONE. CULTURES OF VIOLENCE
	2. Soldiers for Christ
		Anders Breivik, Defender of Christendom
		Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing
		Michael Bray and Abortion Clinic Bombings
		Christian Justifications for Violence
		Ian Paisley and the Troubles in Belfast
	3. Zion Betrayed
		Meir Ettinger, the Ghost of Meir Kahane
		Yoel Lerner and the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
		Baruch Goldstein’s Attack at the Tomb of the Patriarchs
	4. Islam’s “Neglected Duty”
		Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Caliph of ISIS
		Mahmud Abouhalima and the World Trade Center Bombing
		Abdul Aziz Rantisi and Hamas Suicide Missions
		Modern Islamic Justifications for Violence
	5. The Spear of Shiva, the Sword of Sikhism
		Maya Kodnani and the Gujarat Massacre
		Simranjit Singh Mann and the Lure of Khalistan
		Hindu and Sikh Justifications for Violence
	6. Buddhist Faces of Terror
		Ashin Wirathu and the Defense of Burmese Buddhism
		Takeshi Nakamura and the Aum Shinrikyo Assault
		Can Buddhist Violence Be Justified?
PART TWO. 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
		Healing Politics with Religion
Notes
List of Interviews and Correspondence
Selected Bibliography
Index
Illustrations