Glucklich, Ariel. <br/><br/>
Dying for heaven :  holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous / 
Ariel Glucklich. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  HarperOne,  c2009. 
 - 345 p. :  music ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-328) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780061430817 0061430811 9780061430824 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009005174 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.<br/>Suicide bombers--Religious life.<br/>Terrorists--Religious life.<br/>Violence--Religious aspects.<br/>Hedonism--Religious aspects.<br/>Heaven.<br/>Paradise.<br/>Future life.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP190.5.T47  / G57 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>201/.76332