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Political violence in democracies: An Introduction. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Peace Res
Ruggeri A, Daxecker U, Prasad N.
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What's so ‘religious’ about ‘religious terrorism’?

Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2011
This article assesses the validity of the concept of ‘religious terrorism’ and its consequences for research and policy practices. It explores the origins, assumptions and primary arguments of the term and subjects them to an analytical assessment.
Gunning, Jeroen, Jackson, Richard
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Terrorism and religious fundamentalism

International Review of Mission, 2021
AbstractAt the beginning of the second decade of the third millennium, terror acts in Indonesia significantly shifted domestic national issues. Given that religion‐based terrorism can be traced back to religious fundamentalism, this paper will set out a theological reflection from a biblical‐Christian perspective on the essence of religion.
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Tocqueville’s Religious Terror

2021
Abstract One of the central ironies of Alexis de Tocqueville’s political thought was that the democratic era that promised to bring conscious human agency to an equal mankind, freeing human beings from their bondage to tradition and their submission to the sacred, actually threatened them with unprecedented forms of domination ...
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Religious Terrorism

2020
How can the world's religions, which propagate peace and love, promote violence and the killing of innocent civilians through terrorist acts? This Element aims to provide insights into this puzzle by beginning with a brief overview of debates on terrorism, a discussion on religion and the various resources it provides groups engaging in terrorist acts,
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QAnon as Religious Terrorism

Journal of Religion and Violence, 2022
While the horrific scenes of the invasion and occupation of the US Capitol building played out on television, I happened to be doing a radio interview for my recent book on religious terrorism (Juergensmeyer 2020). The reporter asked if there were similarities between the Trump-incited rioters and the terrorists I have studied. I quickly responded “yes.
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