{"product_id":"holy-terrors-second-edition-thinking-about-religion-after-september-11-paperback-1","title":"Holy Terrors, Second Edition: Thinking About Religion After September 11 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Lincoln\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is tempting to regard the perpetrators of the September 11th terrorist attacks as evil incarnate. But their motives, as Bruce Lincoln's acclaimed \u003ci\u003eHoly Terrors\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear, were profoundly and intensely religious. Thus what we need after the events of 9\/11, Lincoln argues, is greater clarity about what we take religion to be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eHoly Terrors\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a gripping dissection of the instruction manual given to each of the 9\/11 hijackers. In their evocation of passages from the Quran, we learn how the terrorists justified acts of destruction and mass murder \"in the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate.\" Lincoln then offers a provocative comparison of President Bush's October 7, 2001 speech announcing U.S. military action in Afghanistan alongside the videotaped speech released by Osama bin Laden just a few hours later. As Lincoln authoritatively demonstrates, a close analysis of the rhetoric used by leaders as different as George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden-as well as Mohamed Atta and even Jerry Falwell-betrays startling similarities. These commonalities have considerable implications for our understanding of religion and its interrelationships with politics and culture in a postcolonial world, implications that Lincoln draws out with skill and sensitivity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a chapter new to this edition, \"Theses on Religion and Violence,\" \u003ci\u003eHoly Terrors\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of the essential books on September 11 and a classic study on the character of religion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Modernity has ended twice: in its Marxist form in 1989 Berlin, and in its liberal form on September 11, 2001. In order to understand such major historical changes we need both large-scale and focused analyses-a combination seldom to be found in one volume. But here Bruce Lincoln . . . has given us just such a mix of discrete and large-picture analysis.\"-Stephen Healey, \u003ci\u003eChristian Century \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"From time to time there appears a work . . . that serves to focus the wide-ranging, often contentious discussion of religion's significance within broader cultural dynamics. Bruce Lincoln's \u003ci\u003eHoly Terrors\u003c\/i\u003e is one such text. . . . Anyone still struggling toward a more nuanced comprehension of 9\/11 would do well to spend time with this book.\"-Theodore Pulcini, \u003ci\u003eMiddle East\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJournal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Lincoln\u003c\/b\u003e is the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, where he is an associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He is the author of eight books, including \u003ci\u003eTheorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship\u003c\/i\u003e, which received an award in 2000 from the American Academy of Religion for Excellence in the Study of Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.02 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42563035168864,"sku":"9780226482033","price":56.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/blZJZ3hhQ3RyUzRKYjVVWkJnbFNTdz09.webp?v=1770393338","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/holy-terrors-second-edition-thinking-about-religion-after-september-11-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}