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Author Glucklich, Ariel.

Title Dying for heaven : holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous / Ariel Glucklich.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  201 G521    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  201.763 GLU    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  201.7633 GLUCKLICH    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  297.7 GLUCKLICH    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  322.42 G52    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  322.42088 GLUCKLICH    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  201.793 GLU    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  363.32 G567D    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 345 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-328) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Suicide bombers -- Religious life.
Terrorists -- Religious life.
Violence -- Religious aspects.
Hedonism -- Religious aspects.
Heaven.
Paradise.
Future life.
ISBN 9780061430817
0061430811
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