Bad Faith: The Danger Of Religious Extremism

This is the first book to journey to the heart of religious militancy. Dr. Neil J. Kressel, who has spent decades researching genocide, terrorism, and anti-Semitism, brings to bear the insights of psychology and social science on this significant and critical problem. What separates constructive religious impulses from destructive ones? how does someone who beings by contemplating his relationship with God end by committing an act of murder? Some argue that religiously motivated evil always represents a corruption of true religon. Other are quick the root of extremist violence.
About Author :
Neil J. Kressel, PhD (Wayne, NJ), is the author of the acclaimed Mass Hate, which was selected by Choice as one of 1996's outstanding academic titles, and Stack and Sway: The new Science of Jury Consulting. His work has been printed or cited in the New York Post, the Daily News, the Boston Glob,e the Washington Post, the Boston Herald, Readers Digest, the Economist, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington Monthly, and dozens of newspapers, magazines, and Web sites around the country. He has been interviewed on National Public Radioa, the History Channel, SNBC, Fox News, and other media outlets. Currently, he is professor of psychology at William Paterson University.
Contents :
Introduction: A Journey to the Heart of eligious Militancy Part One: The Unexpected Battle of the Twenty-First Century Who Exactly is a Religious Extremist? Militant Islam: The Present Danger Killers in Every Faith: Christians and Jews Part Two The Causes of Militant Faith Dangerous Books? Vulnerable Minds and Sick Societies Part Three: Fighting Extremism Sensibily A Battle on Many Fronts Acknowledgments Notes Index