When Religion Kills : : How Extremists Justify Violence Through Faith / / Phil Gurski.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Gurski, Phil,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (181 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1 Religion as a Springboard for Violence --; 2 Buddhist Extremism --; 3 Christian Extremism --; 4 Hindu Extremism --; 5 Islamic Extremism --; 6 Jewish Extremism --; 7 Sikh Extremism --; 8 When Religion Kills --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626378674; 9783110783537
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626378674
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Phil Gurski.

Christian fundamentalists. Hindu nationalists. Islamic jihadists. Buddhist militants. Jewish extremists. Members of these and other religious groups have committed horrific acts of terrorist violence in recent decades. How is this possible? How do individuals use their religious beliefs to justify such actions? How do they manipulate the language and symbols of their faith to motivate others to commit violence in the name of the divine? Phil Gurski addresses these essential questions as he explores violent extremism across a broad range of the world’s major religions.