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028			_aDonated by Prof. J P Gupta.
082			_a201.763 JON
100			_aJones, James William.
245			_aBlood that cries out from the earth _b: the psychology of religious terrorism. _c/ James William Jones.
260			_a, Oxford _b: Oxford University Press _c, 2008.
300			_a xviii, 190 pages _c ; 22 cm.
365			_bDonated.
505			_aIntroduction: Religion, psychology, and terrorism Religion and terrorism: the need for a multidimensional model Jihadism in comparative perspective: psychological themes in religiously motivated terrorism Aum Shinrikyo: violence and terrorism in Japanese Buddhism The divine terrorist: religion and violence in American apocalyptic Christianity The role of the individual: toward a clinical psychology of religious terrorism What does this tell us about religion?
520			_aReligious 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. Research on the psychology of violence shows that several factors work to make ordinary people become dangerous to others. These include feelings of humiliation or shame, a tendency to see the world in black and white, and demonization or dehumanization of other people. Authoritarian religion, Jones shows, is a particularly rich source of such ideas and feelings, which he finds throughout the writings of Islamic jihadists such as the 9/11 conspirators. Jones goes on to apply this model to two very different religious groups that have engaged in violence: Aum Shinrikyo, the Buddhist splinter group behind the sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo subway system, and members of the extreme religious right in the United States who have advocated and committed violence against abortion providers.
650			_aTerrorism
650			_aTerrorism Religious aspects
650			_aPsychology of religion
700			_aJames William Jones.
942			_cBOOK
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