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Author:   James R. Lewis (Universitetet i Tromsø, Norway)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9781316505625

ISBN 10:   1316505626
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   25 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Does religion cause terrorism? Mark Juergensmeyer; 2. Religion, violence, nonsense, and power William T. Cavanaugh; 3. Discounting religion in the explanation of homegrown terrorism: a critique Lorne L. Dawson; 4. Religion, radicalization, and the causes of terrorism Tom Mills and David Miller; 5. The role of the devoted actor in war, revolution, and terrorism Scott Atran; 6. Girard on apocalypse and terrorism Espen Dahl; 7. Rational choice and religious terrorism: its bases, applications, and future directions Stephen Nemeth; 8. Terror as sacrificial ritual? A discussion of (neo-) Durkheimian approaches to suicide bombing Lorenz Graitl; 9. Imitations of terror: applying a retro style of analysis to the religion-terrorism nexus James R. Lewis; 10. The LTTE: a non-religious, political, martial movement for establishing the right of self-determination of Īlattamils Peter Schalk; 11. The role of religion in al-Qaeda's violence Pieter Nanninga; 12. Meanings of savagery: terror, religion, and the Islamic State Pieter Nanninga; 13. Where's Charlie? The discourse of religious violence in France post 7/1 2015 Per-Erik Nilsson; 14. Understanding the threat of the Islamic State in contemporary Kyrgyzstan Meerim Aitkulova; 15. Terror and the screen: keeping the relationship of good and bad virtual Christopher Hartney; 16. Understanding Falun Gong's martyrdom strategy as spiritual terrorism James R. Lewis and Nicole S. Ruskell.

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'... these essays bring diverse and provocative angles of vision to anyone who would want to investigate the complex relationships between religion and terrorism or the broader field of religion and violence.' Nova Religio '... this is an excellent collection ... will be attractive to a general readership interested in acquiring a deeper understanding of terrorism and, especially, of the religion-terrorism nexus.' Zhang Xinzhang, Numen: International Review for the History of Religions '... these essays bring diverse and provocative angles of vision to anyone who would want to investigate the complex relationships between religion and terrorism or the broader field of religion and violence.' Nova Religio 'The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism is an excellent addition to the literature on religion and terrorism. Its theoretical sophistication alone makes it worth recommendation, but its disciplinary and methodological breadth makes it particularly impressive. It is perhaps the best existing book for an introductory course on the topic of contemporary religious violence.' Reading Religion '... this is an excellent collection ... will be attractive to a general readership interested in acquiring a deeper understanding of terrorism and, especially, of the religion-terrorism nexus.' Zhang Xinzhang, Numen: International Review for the History of Religions

'... these essays bring diverse and provocative angles of vision to anyone who would want to investigate the complex relationships between religion and terrorism or the broader field of religion and violence.' Nova Religio '... these essays bring diverse and provocative angles of vision to anyone who would want to investigate the complex relationships between religion and terrorism or the broader field of religion and violence.' Nova Religio

Author Information

James R. Lewis is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromsø, Norway. A scholar of New Religious Movements, he currently edits or co-edits three book series and is the general editor for the Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review. Recent publications include Violence and New Religious Movements (2011), Sacred Suicide (2014, with Carole Cusack), Cults: A Reference and Guide (2014), The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements: Volume II (2015, with Inga B. Tøllefsen), and The Invention of Satanism (2016, with Asbjørn Dyrendal and Jesper Petersen).

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