Dying for heaven : holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous /: holy pleasure and suicide bombers--why the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ariel Glucklich.
• Other Names: Glucklich, Ariel
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Pymble, NSW New York, NY : HarperCollins e-books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 201/.76332; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Suicide bombers -- Religious life; Terrorists -- Religious life; Violence -- Religious aspects; Hedonism -- Religious aspects; Heaven; Paradise; Future life; Terrorisme -- Aspect religieux -- Islam; Kamikazes (Attentats-suicides) -- Vie religieuse; Terroristes -- Vie religieuse; Violence -- Aspect religieux; Ciel -- Aspect religieux; Paradis; Vie future; heaven; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom; Future life; Heaven; Hedonism -- Religious aspects; Paradise; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Violence -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780061959417; 0061959413
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.