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Glucklich, Ariel.

Dying for heaven : holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous / Ariel Glucklich. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperOne, c2009. - 345 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-328) and index.

Religious self-destructiveness and nuclear deterrence -- The mysteries of pleasure -- The varieties of religious pleasure -- The school for happiness -- Disgust and desire: why we sacrifice for the group -- God's love and the Prozac effect -- Spiritual love and the seeds of annihilation -- The paradise paradox: the misery of heaven-addicts -- The martyr's theater.

A scholar and advisor to the Pentagon explains the religious motivations of terrorists, and tells why suicide missions may be rational and pleasurable for them.

ISBN: 9780061430817 : $25.99 0061430811 : $25.99

LCCN: 2009005174

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Suicide bombers--Religious life.
Terrorists--Religious life.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Hedonism--Religious aspects.
Heaven.
Paradise.
Future life.

LC Class. No.: BP190.5.T47 / G57 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 201.76332