Download or read book CULTS AND TERRORISM written by Frank MacHovec and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-01-09 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the psychology of cults and terrorism with examples from ancient and modern history, the psychological concepts involved, how to detect and prevent them and treat its leaders and member-victims.
Download or read book Cults Terror and Mind Control written by Raphael Aron and published by Bay Tree Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates the similarities between the mind control techniques used by cults and the means employed by terrorist organizations to recruit and radicalize members, identifying the common denominator in the exploitation of the individual.
Download or read book Prophets of Doom written by Andrew Hubback and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religions Cults and Terrorism written by George A. Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cults Religion and Violence written by David G. Bromley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, managed and averted. The authors, leading international experts on religious movements and violent behavior, focus on the four major episodes of cult violence during the last decade: the tragic conflagration that engulfed the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas; the deadly sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo in Tokyo; the murder-suicides by the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Canada; and the collective suicide by the members of Heaven's Gate. They explore the dynamics leading to these dramatic episodes in North America, Europe, and Asia, and offer insights into the general relationship between violence and religious cults in contemporary society. The authors conclude that these events usually involve some combination of internal and external dynamics through which a new religious movement and society become polarized.
Download or read book Investigating Religious Terrorism and Ritualistic Crimes written by Dawn Perlmutter and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legalities of particular religious practices depend on many factors, such as the type of occult or religious activity, the current laws, and the intention of the individual practitioner. Written by the director of the Institute for the Research of Organized and Ritual Violence, Investigating Religious Terrorism and Ritualistic Crimes is the fir
Download or read book Cults Violence and Religious Terrorism written by Jean-François Mayer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Root Causes of Terrorism written by Mahmoud Masaeli and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen years after the tragic events of 9/11, bombs are still exploding and innocent people are being killed by terrorist groups in both western and Islamic societies. Most of these sinisterly threatening events are motivated by religious claims, or are taking place in religiously affected places. Is religion the main cause of terrorism, or does terrorism still arise because of leaders who brainwash and coach future terrorists so that they kill under the banner of religion? The religious imagination seems to hold here an influential power in the creation of ‘delusion’ to orient the ‘bigot’ believers toward fulfilling their religious duty against those who are religious in a different way or are not religious at all. Religion, in this sense, is tightly allied with political aspirations. In spite of the religious justification of the act of killing, ‘enlightened’ religious leaders and religious-minded people believe and argue that religion is a source of love and affection. Therefore, the sacred texts of religious tradition must be read from a ‘humanist’ perspective because the ultimate message of religion is about the appreciation of the principle of humanity. This is a growing attitude among many religious people today who believe that God is merciful and compassionate, and never orders resentment, violence, and killing of innocent people. In addition, no true religious tradition appreciates self-serving interpretations promoting violence against others. If religion disregards love, affection, and compassion as its essence, it drops into the dire vortex of ideological dogma, as it is in the case for the Taliban, ISIS, Boko Haram, and Al-Shabab. Therefore, any interpretation that admits violence and killing would be a mere provincial reading of the religious texts agitated by purposeful intentions aimed at political goals. This book investigates and addresses the root causes of terrorism from a religious studies perspective. The themes analysed and discussed here mainly include a range of religious and philosophical issues such as religious violence in scriptural monotheism, radical interpretations of religious texts, militancy and sacrifice, apocalypticism and terrorism, and religious terrorism today. The book brings together new approaches adopted by the authors to not only trace the causes of terrorism in various religious interpretations and realms, but also reach a common definition of the main religious causes beyond diverse perspectives, and advance solutions against religious-inspired terrorism.
Download or read book Religious Extremism written by Paul Mason and published by Evans Brothers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Religious Extremism' tackles subjects such as the possible links between religious extremism and terrorism; the part religious extremism plays in dangerous cults; and the role international relations and politics plays in causing religious extremism.
Download or read book A Global Threat Religious Cults and Terrorist Organizations written by Kürşad Kağan Ergün and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Warrior Cults written by Paul Elliott and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's terrorists are not new. Terror, murder, and stealth have always flourished in close-knit, blindly obedient cults. In fact, the very word "assassin" has its origins in a medieval warrior cult of the Middle East, while the original Thugs were a secret band who terrorized India in the 19th century. Here is the whole gruesome history of groups that have used loyalty to commit murder and spread terror. Start with the mystery cults of ancient Greece and the secret Roman religion of Mithras with its bloody initiations. Follow the sinister Knights Templar, the Japanese Ninja and Triad clans, and the Chinese Boxer cult that led the famous uprising against the British. Each of these warrior cults had its own strict codes and rituals, yet its motivations may seem strange to modern minds. Today it's more urgent than ever to try to understand, as we attempt to protect ourselves against today's versions, made far more dangerous with the possession of biological, and even nuclear, weapons.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism written by James Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does religion cause terrorism? This volume presents a range of theories and case studies that address this important issue.
Download or read book Beyond Brainwashing written by Rebecca Moore and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis reviews the state of the question regarding theories of cultic violence. It introduces definitions and vocabulary and presents relevant historical examples of religious violence. It then discusses the 1960s and 1970s, the period immediately before the Jonestown tragedy. Considerations of the post-Jonestown (1978), and then post-Waco (1993) literature follow. After 9/11 (2001), some of the themes identified in previous decades reappear. The book concludes by examining the current problem of repression and harassment directed at religious believers. Legal discrimination by governments, as well as persecution of religious minorities by non-state actors, has challenged earlier fears about cultic violence.
Download or read book Destructive and Terrorist Cults a New Kind of Slavery written by Masoud Banisadr and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Understand Terrorist/Destructive Cults, their leaders, how they recruit, manipulate minds of their victims changing them from a normal person into a human bomb. Who are the victims and why they fall in the trap of Terrorist/Destructive leaders?A compelling yet optimistic account of ideological entrapment, setting out a prescient and persuasive new theoretical framework that advances our understanding of destructive and terrorist cults and how they can be avoided and ultimately transcended.There isn't another book that so brilliantly and passionately explains the inner workings of an extremist organization. What could be more relevant in these times of terror? Banisadr knows from personal experience and years of research how such groups manipulate and exploit their members. Now is the time to read this book!Janja Lalich; Professor of SociologyCalifornia State UniversitySpecialist in Extremism, Cults, and Situations of Undue InfluenceAuthor of Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic CultsThis book is a substantial piece of scholarship and an important contribution to a number of timely topics involving terrorism, cults, and brainwashing.Stephen A. Kent;Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Religious StudiesUniversity of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaOnce in a while, only occasionally in a generation perhaps, a writer will come along with new insights and ways to explain a common phenomenon and it just takes your breath away! You wonder - why didn't I think about it like this before? Professor Rod Dubrow-Marshall PhD, MBPsS Deputy Vice-ChancellorThe University of DerbyBanisadr's work comes into our hands at a critically important time performing a service to all who would see prevail the freedom of the individual to think, to believe and to be. Steven Alan Hassan M.Ed. LMHC, NCCAmerica's leading Cult Expert and Cult CounsellorAuthor of Combating Cult Mind Control, Releasing the Bonds,and Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults and Beliefs - (www.FreedomOfMind.com)
Download or read book Cults and Abusive Religion written by Frederick Behrle and published by Nova Kroshka Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks into abuses of religious power and methods used to attract and keep members in destructive cults. Examines major dysfunctions of religion, such as fanaticism and persecution, to see how cults use distorted religious practices, and compares cults and legitimate religions. Discusses mysticism, fundamentalism, and fanaticism, and outlines remedies to the cult problem. Includes a list of resource organizations.
Download or read book Inside Terrorism written by Bruce Hoffman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defining terrorism -- The end of empire and the origins of contemporary terrorism -- The internationalization of terrorism -- Religion and terrorism -- Suicide terrorism -- The old media, terrorism, and public opinion -- The new media, terrorism, and the shaping of global opinion -- The modern terrorist mind-set: tactics, targets, tradecraft, and technologies -- Terrorism today and tomorrow.
Download or read book Them and Us written by Arthur Deikman and published by Bay Tree Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a question we've asked repeatedly -- after September 11, Waco, Jonestown, the Khmer Rouge, Hitler and Stalin -- and each time the horror seems unprecedented and inconceivable. Yet, the same kind of thinking led to each of these events -- a way of thinking we all share in some measure. When we belittle others, shy away from dissenting views, rely on an inspiring leader, or simply go along with the group, we set ourselves on the path to cult thinking. Once we draw a clear line between Them and Us -- whoever they are -- we begin to lose our way.
