The Pitfall of Truth: Holy War, Its Rationale and FollyYears after the start of the war on terror, we are no closer to understanding our terrorist enemy's mind than we were on September 11th, 2001, when we looked aghast at the collapsed Twin Towers and the smoke billowing from the Pentagon. We do not understand what drives our adversaries because we look for answers in all the wrong places. We examine the sociological factors that contribute to the hatred of America - ignorance, poverty, frustration with American foreign policy. We even claim that the metaphysical force of "evil" is to blame. But however widely we spread our net in a search for the rationale for terror, we most studiously avoid examining one major motivator of human action: religion. Instead, we prefer to appear convinced that religion is by definition peaceful, but hijacked and perverted by the terrorists. "The Pitfall of Truth" overcomes the politically correct impulse to ignore religion as a potential source of terrorism. The book shows that, throughout history, religion has often been a prime motivator of violence. It demonstrates, for the first time, the mechanisms by which religion fosters violent behavior. This is a groundbreaking book, indispensable for understanding the rationale of religious violence, and is vitally important if we are to successfully fight, and win, the war on terror. Please order through Baker and Taylor, at www.btol.com. |
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Inhalt
introduction | 10 |
chapter 1 a glance at history | 12 |
chapter 2 who is at fault? | 46 |
chapter 3 pursuit of truth | 59 |
pages 6287 not included | 87 |
resumed at page 88 | 88 |
chapter 4 the way out | 89 |
chapter 5 looking without awe | 101 |
chapter 6 a piece of apocrypha | 147 |
| 155 | |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abraham Albigensian Amalekites army Bartholomew Legate became believers benefit blood burned Byzantine century Chassidism Christianity Church Constantinople covenant created creature Crusaders cynics death definitive deities Devil difficulties divine error evil existence fact fight figure finally find fire first fit followers fulfilling function genetic code God’s word Gospels heresy heretics Higher race Holy Holy Inquisition human Hussites ideas idol-worshippers idolatry influence Inquisition inspired Islam Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Judah Maccabee Judaism killed King Koran Leader living logic mankind mind miracle mode of design Mohammed Mohammed’s monotheism Moses Moslems natural one’s organ Osama bin Laden Paul Paul’s theology person polytheistic poor in spirit Pope preached problem produced prophets pure in heart purity rabbis Rebbe religion religious result ritual Roman Rome sacrifice salvation Saul Saul’s Shammai simply sins specific theism Theodicy theory things thought tion Truth understand unto violence zeal
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Pitfall of Truth: Holy War, Its Rationale and Folly |
| Autor/in | Vel Nirtist |
| Verlag | Overview Books, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1933020180, 9781933020181 |
| Länge | 160 Seiten |
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