TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glucklich, Ariel.
TI  - Dying for heaven: holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous 
SN  - 9780061430817 :
AV  - BP190.5.T47 G57 2009
U1  - 201.76332 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - HarperOne
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Suicide bombers
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Terrorists
KW  - Violence
KW  - Hedonism
KW  - Heaven
KW  - Paradise
KW  - Future life
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -