• A groundbreaking approach to understanding Religious Terrorism and the connection between Religion and Violence, blending insights from religious studies with Clinical Psychology.
  
  
• Explores the Psychology behind Religious Terrorism and the connection between Religion and Violence.
  
  
• Discusses in-depth Religious Terrorism and the role of Religious Violence in Jihad, in Japanese Buddhism (Aum Shinrikyo) and American Apocalyptic Christianity.
  
  
• Written by a scholar knowledgeable about and sensitive to the nuances of religious phenomena.
  
  
• Provides a (primarily psychological) analysis of Religious Terrorism in order to aid in our understanding of it.
  
  
• Author brings a unique combination of strengths to this project: several decades experience teaching Religious Studies in a secular, state university, an approach to this topic from a world-religions perspective and not just a single religious tradition; training, licensure, and years of research and practice in Clinical Psychology, including work with law enforcement officers and inmates in a maximum security prison.