Frances L. Flannery

Understanding Apocalyptic Terrorism (eBook, ePUB)

Countering the Radical Mindset

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book illuminates a cross-cultural worldview called 'radical apocalypticism' that underlies the majority of terrorist movements today, drawing on detailed reserch into 100 different groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317674566
• Artikelnr.: 43679812

Autorenporträt

Frances L. Flannery is Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Terrorism and Peace (CISTP), James Madison University, USA, and author of Dreamers, Scribes and Priests: Jewish Dreams in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras (2004) and co-editor (with Rodney Werline) of Experientia, Volume One: Inquiry into Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I: Roots of Apocalyptic Terrorism 1. The Original Book of
Revelation 2. By This Sign You Will Conquer: Transformations of the Book of
Revelation PART II: The Apocalyptic Formula and Terrorism 3. How Not to
Make a Terrorist: Peaceful vs. Radical Apocalypticism 4. "One who swims in
the sea does not fear rain": Al Qaeda and Sunni Radical Apocalypticism 5.
The Case of the Self-Declared "Islamic State": ISIS/ISIL 6. "The Lord God
is a Man of War": Christian Identity Teaching and Radical Apocalyptic
Terrorism 7. The Human-Pox versus Green Fire: Eco-Terrorists and
Eco-Activists 8. Bringing Armageddon: Aum Shinrikyo PART III: Conclusion
9. Creating Peace in an Apocalyptic Moment