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Coping With Terrorism: The Impact of Increased Salience of Terrorism on Mood and Self-Efficacy of Intrinsically Religious and Nonreligious People [PDF]

open access: yesPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2006
It was hypothesized that intrinsic religiousness helps to cope with increased salience of terrorism. Intrinsically religious and nonreligious participants were told that it is highly probable or highly improbable, respectively, that terrorist attacks ...
Tobias Greitemeyer   +2 more
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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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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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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 terror

2018
Abstract In the early 21st century, the world faced a revival of religious fundamentalism. The liberal assumption that the rise of modern society and the demise of religion came hand in hand was thrown into doubt. In the 1980s, terrorism was restricted to a few radical revolutionaries and familiar nationalists.
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Religious Resources and Terrorism

Numen, 2018
Abstract This article draws upon resource mobilization theory (rmt) to propose five ways in which religious resources can contribute to groups that use violence to challenge the social or political status quo: by shaping the group’s ideology; through religious authority; as a code of conduct that binds members of the group together; by providing social
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Religious Fundamentalism and Terrorism

International Journal of Advanced Research in Public Policy, Administration and Development Strategies
The increasing threat of terrorism to international peace and security has speared up studies to address this menace. This study was aimed at examining the role of religious fundamentalism in the surging wave of terrorism. Religion as a well spring of hope, life and virtues stirs deep passions that most times lead to violent action, war and terrorism ...
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TERRORISM, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS, AND RELIGIOUS COPING

Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2002
The events of September 11, 2001 triggered a widespread national response that was two-fold: a posttraumatic stress reaction and an increase in attendance in religious services and practices immediately following the tragic events. The following discussion traces the existing research to distinguish this posttraumatic stress reaction from posttraumatic
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