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

By: Publication details: New York : HarperOne, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 345 p. : music ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061430817
  • 0061430811
  • 9780061430824
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 201/.76332 22
LOC classification:
  • BP190.5.T47 G57 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BP190.5 .T47 G57 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001139426

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-328) and index.

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.

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.

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