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Dying for heaven : holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous Cover Image Book

Dying for heaven : holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous / Ariel Glucklich.

Glucklich, Ariel. (Author).

Summary:

A scholar and advisor to the Pentagon explains the religious motivations of terrorists, and tells why suicide missions may be rational and pleasurable for them.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0061430811
  • ISBN: 9780061430817
  • Physical Description: 345 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, [2009]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Religious self-destructiveness and nuclear deterrence -- The mysteries of pleasure -- The varieties of religious pleasure -- The school for happiness -- Disgust and desire: why we sacrifice for the group -- God's love and the Prozac effect -- Spiritual love and the seeds of annihilation -- The paradise paradox: the misery of heaven-addicts -- The martyr's theater.

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Subject:
Future life.
Heaven.
Hedonism > Religious aspects.
Paradise.
Suicide bombers > Religious life.
Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Terrorists > Religious life.
Violence > Religious aspects.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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