Course Literature (Reading List)

Religion and Violence in Contemporary Society (ARK262)

Literature

• Connah, L. (2021). Violence and New Religious Movements. International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 11(1), 57-75. DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.19504

  Reading instructions:Available online (library)
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• Jones, J. W. (2006). Why does Religion Turn Violent?: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Religious Terrorism. The Psychoanalytic Review, 93(2), 167-190. DOI: 10.1521/prev.2006.93.2.167
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• Juergensmeyer, M. (2017). Terror in the mind of God : the global rise of religious violence (Fourth edition, revised and updated.). Oakland, California: University of California Press. ISBN: 9780520291355

  Other:Available online and through Legimus
  Book / Anthology
• Lindgren, T. (2017). The Psychological Study of Religious Violence: A Theoretical and Methodological Discussion. Al-Albab, 5(2), p. 157. DOI: 10.24260/alalbab.v5i2.471
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• Moghaddam, F. M. (2005). The Staircase to Terrorism: A Psychological Exploration.. American Psychologist, 60(2), 161-169. DOI: 10.1037/0003-066x.60.2.161
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• Reader, I. (2002). “Dramatic Confrontations. Aum Shinrikyo against the World”. In D. Bromley, & G. Melton (Ed.), Cults, Religion, and Violence (1st ed., pp. 189-208). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  Reading instructions:Available online
  Chapter in book
• Roy, O. (2017). Jihad and death : the global appeal of Islamic State (1st ed.). London: C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. ISBN: 1849046980
  Book / Anthology
• Articles and film material to be added.
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