商品簡介
This analysis of the evolution of religious political violence outlines the differences between secular and religious political violence, on ideological, strategic, and tactical levels before comparing the concept of Holy War in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Lastly, it shows how modern radical monotheistic religious groups interpret and manipulate their religious sources and ideas to advocate their political agendas, including the practice of violence. A unique comparative study of religious political violence across Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, this text features many international case studies from the Crusades to the Arab Spring.
作者簡介
Jonathan Fine is a Senior Researcher at the ICT (The International Institute for Counter Terrorism) where he heads the Terrorism and Religion Desk. He is an Assistant Professor at the Lauder Government School at the IDC (the interdisciplinary center, Herzlyia) and the undergraduate advisor of both, international and the Israeli programs in Government, Diplomacy and Strategy. He served in an IDF Counter Terrorist unit and was an arms control advisor at the IDF strategic division planning branch.
