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When plastic explosives attached to a Hamas suicide bomber ripped through the gentrified Ben Yehuda shopping mall in Jerusalem in September 1997, the blast damaged not only lives and property but also the confidence with which most people view the world. Read the first page
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This review is from: Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, Third Edition, Completely Revised (Paperback)
Juergensmeyer attempts in this book to find common ground in religious terrorists of many different stripes. His begins by looking at terrorists from five religious groups--Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, and Buddhism. His Buddhist example, the Aum Shinrikyo cult attack on the Tokyo subway system is probably the weakest example. He may have been better served to have a separate section on cults such as this and others like the Branch Davidians. They seem to have as much in common with each other as with other groups within their religions.He next looks for common themes from all of his examples. He does well when he explains how all of the terrorists believe they are warriors in a larger cosmic drama of good and evil. He does less well in separating the parts played by religion and politics. For example, was Timothy McVeigh a religious terrorist or a political terrorist? All in all, this is an engrossing, if disturbing study. We are left feeling that there will be little relief from religious terrorism in the near future. Those seeking more insight on this subject should read "Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer, which examines these topics among Mormon Fundamentalists.
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Not all-inclusive, but still very important,
By Lee L. (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, Third Edition, Completely Revised (Paperback)
I'll keep this review short as the thoughts below cover a wide range of relevant points about this book...First of all...no single book will be able to adequately cover the topic of terrorism. That in mind, this book has its flaws and misses some things, but I think it is a valuable part of the literature on terrorism. This shouldn't be the only book on terrorism you read, but it should be one of them. Lastly, this book is written as a political science book. It is a comparative case study approach to terrorism. That's what separates it from a lot of the books on terrorism that are out there these days, so you shouldn't expect ideology-based writing here. The author starts of with some assumptions, and works towards explaining them. That said...this is a very good book. I hope many people get the chance to read it.
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Corrects the Neglect of Sikh Religious Violence,
By Puneet S. Lamba (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, Third Edition, Completely Revised (Paperback)
Juergensmeyer's book serves to remedy the undeserved neglect Sikh religious violence has received from the plethora of books on religious extremism published since 9/11.The author views these acts of violence as "forms of public performance rather than aspects of political strategy . . . symbolic statements aimed at providing a sense of empowerment to desperate communities."
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