Dying for heaven : holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous / Ariel Glucklich.
Publication details: New York : HarperOne, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 345 p. : music ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780061430817
- 0061430811
- 9780061430824
- 201/.76332 22
- BP190.5.T47 G57 2009
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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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