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Religious terrorism has become the scourge of the modern world. What causes a person to kill innocent strangers in the name of religion? As both a clinical psychologist and an authority on comparative religion, James W. Jones is uniquely qualified to address this increasingly urgent question.
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Religion, Psychology, and Terrorism -- Chapter 1 Religion and Terrorism: The Need for a Multidimensional Model -- Chapter 2 Jihadism in Comparative Perspective: Psychological Themes in Religiously Motivated Terrorism -- Chapter 3 Aum Shinrikyo: Violence and Terrorism in Japanese Buddhism -- Chapter 4 The Divine Terrorist: Religion and Violence in American Apocalyptic Christianity -- Chapter 5 The Role of the Individual: Toward a Clinical Psychology of Religious Terrorism -- Chapter 6 What Does This Tell Us about Religion? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-188) and index.