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Holy Terrors : Thinking about Religion after September 11

ISBN: 9780226482033 | 0226482030
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS
Pub. Date: 6/1/2006

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
It is tempting to regard the perpetrators of the September 11th terrorist attacks as evil incarnate. But their motives, as Bruce Lincoln's acclaimed "Holy Terrors" makes clear, were profoundly and intensely religious. Thus what we need after the events of 9/11, Lincoln argues, is greater clarity about what we take religion to be. "Holy Terrors" begins with a gripping dissection of the instruction manual given to each of the 9/11 hijackers. In their evocation of passages from the Quran, we learn how the terrorists justified acts of destruction a... MORE
Preface to the Second Editionix
Prefacexi
The Study of Religion in the Current Political Moment
1(18)
Symmetric Dualisms: Bush and bin Laden on ... MORE
19(14)
Jihads, Jeremiads, and the Enemy Within
33(18)
On the Relation of Religion and Culture
51(11)
Religious Conflict and the Postcolonial State
62(15)
Religion, Rebellion, Revolution
77(16)
Theses on Religion and Violence
93(4)
Appendix A Final Instructions to the Hijackers of September 11, Found in the Luggage of Mohamed Atta and Two Other Copies97(6)
Appendix B George W. Bush, Address to the Nation, October 7, 2001103(3)
Appendix C Osama bin Laden, Videotaped Address, October 7, 2001106(2)
Appendix D Transcript of Pat Robertson's Interview with Jerry Falwell Broadcast on the 700 Club, September 13, 2001108(5)
Notes113(30)
Index143
Bruce Lincoln is the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, where he is an associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He is the author of eight books, including Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship, which received an award in 2000 from the American Academy of Religion for Excellence in the Study of Religion.


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