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Religion and Terrorism: The Use of Violence in Abrahamic Monotheism provides theoretical analysis of the nature of religious terrorism and religious martyrdom and also delves deeply into terrorist groups and beliefs in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
IntroductionRichard Sherlock and Veronica WardChapter 1: Religious Terrorism and MonotheismRichard SherlockChapter 2: Martyrdom in the Three Monotheistic Religions: Historical Survey and Analysis Veronica WardChapter 3: From Religion to Terror: Christian Fundamentalism and ExtremismDouglas PrattChapter 4: Jewish and North American Protestant Religious Violence: Contemporary Variations on an Ancient ThemeGideon AranChapter 5: How Religious is "Islamic" Religious Terrorism?John David Payne, Donna Lee Bowen and Joseph WoolstenhulmeChapter 6: Hasan Al-Banna, the Art of Death and Contemporary Muslim Ideologies of MartyrdomDaniel BrownChapter 7: The Role of Religion and Religious Teachings in Al-QaedaMbaye Lo