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Blood That Cries Out From the Earth: The Psychology of Religious Terrorism - Understanding Extremism for Academic Research & Security Analysis
Blood That Cries Out From the Earth: The Psychology of Religious Terrorism - Understanding Extremism for Academic Research & Security Analysis

Blood That Cries Out From the Earth: The Psychology of Religious Terrorism - Understanding Extremism for Academic Research & Security Analysis" (注:根据要求,原中文标题已翻译为英文,并增加了使用场景部分)

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Religious terrorism has become the scourge of the modern world. What causes a person to kill innocent strangers in the name of religion? As both a clinical psychologist and an authority on comparative religion, James W. Jones is uniquely qualified to address this increasingly urgent question. Research on the psychology of violence shows that several factors work to make ordinary people turn "evil." These include feelings of humiliation or shame, a tendency to see the world in black and white, and demonization or dehumanization of other people. Authoritarian religion or "fundamentalism," Jones shows, is a particularly rich source of such ideas and feelings, which he finds throughout the writings of Islamic jihadists, such as the 9/11 conspirators. Jones goes on to apply this model to two very different religious groups that have engaged in violence: Aum Shinrikyo, the Buddhist splinter group behind the sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo subway system, and members of the extreme religious right in the U.S. who have advocated and committed violence against abortion providers. Jones notes that not every adherent of an authoritarian group will turn to violence, and he shows how theories of personality development can explain why certain individuals are easily recruited to perform terrorist acts.

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Blood That Cries Out . . . is an engaging and timely text for teaching psychology of religion courses, and/or religion studies. Jones skillfully utilizes the psychoanalytic concepts of shame and idealization as primary rubrics to understand the dynamics of religious terrorism. The reader gains insight into the belief systems and the behavior of persons who justify violence on the basis of religious conviction as the psychological function of idealization and the effect of shame in personality formation are explicated. In addition to the psychological analysis, another strength of the volume is the inclusive range of religiosity addressed in the book: Islamic fundamentalism; violence in Japanese Buddhism; and U.S. Christian contexts.Especially poignant is the author's experience not only as a clinician and educator, but also as a human being living in the vicinity of Manhattan on 911. The book is well written and compelling for anyone who seeks to understand the complexity of religion gone awry in our contemporary society. I cannot recommend it highly enough!