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Tables of Contents for Terror in the Mind of God
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the Paperback Edition
xi
Preface and Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
Terror and God
3
16
The Meaning of Religious Terrorism
4
6
Seeing Inside Cultures of Violence
10
9
Cultures of Violence
Soldiers for Christ
19
25
Mike Bray and Abortion Clinic Bombings
20
4
Theological Justifications
24
6
Eric Robert Rudolph and Timothy McVeigh
30
6
Catholics and Protestants in Belfast
36
8
Zion Betrayed
44
16
Yoel Lerner and the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
45
4
Baruch Goldstein's Attack at the Tomb of the Patriarchs
49
3
Meir Kahane and Jewish Justifications for Violence
52
8
Islam's ``Neglected Duty''
60
24
Mahmud Abouhalima and the World Trade Center Bombing
61
8
Abdul Aziz Rantisi and Hamas Suicide Missions
69
10
Modern Islamic Justifications for Violence
79
5
The Sword of Sikhism
84
18
Simranjit Singh Mann and India's Assassinations
86
6
Sikh and Hindu Justifications for Violence
92
10
Armageddon in a Tokyo Subway
102
17
Takeshi Nakamura and the Aum Shinrikyo Assault
105
7
Can Buddhist Violence Be Justified?
112
7
The Logic of Religious Violence
Theater of Terror
119
26
Performance Violence
122
4
Setting the Stage
126
7
A Time to Kill
133
6
Reaching the Audience
139
6
Cosmic War
145
19
Grand Scenarios
148
7
Symbolic War
155
5
When Symbols Become Deadly
160
4
Martyrs and Demons
164
23
Sacrificial Victims
165
6
The Invention of Enemies
171
7
America as Enemy
178
4
Satanization and the Stages of Empowerment
182
5
Warriors' Power
187
29
Empowering Marginal Men
188
7
Why Guys Throw Bombs
195
12
Fighting for the Rule of God
207
9
The Mind of God
216
29
Empowering Religion
218
6
Postmodern Terror
224
5
Curing Violence
229
16
Notes
245
30
Interviews and Correspondence
275
4
Bibliography
279
20
Index
299