confronting religious extremism in the age of globalization Aslan, Reza 1972- creator text bibliography nyu New York Random House c2010 2010 monographic eng

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viii, 225 pages ; 21 cm. The wars in the Middle East have become religious wars in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other. The hijackers who attacked America on September 11, 2001, thought they were fighting in the name of God. According to award-winning writer and scholar of religions Reza Aslan, the United States, by infusing the War on Terror with its own religiously polarizing rhetoric, is fighting a similar war - - a war that can't be won. Beyond Fundamentalism is both an in-depth study of the ideology fueling al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and like-minded militants throughout the Muslim world and an exploration of religious violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. At a time when religion and politics increasingly share the same vocabulary and function in the same sphere, Aslan writes that we must strip the conflicts of our world of their religious connotations and address the earthly grievances that always lie at their root. How do you win a religious war? By refusing to fight in one. Book cover Pt. 1: The geography of identity. The borderless self ; A land twice promised -- Pt. 2: God is a man of war. Zeal for your house consumes me ; An army of believers ; The near and the far -- Pt. 3: The end of the war as we know it. Generation E ; The middle ground. Reza Aslan. Originally published as How to win a cosmic war by Random House in 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-212) and index. Jihad Yihad Islamic fundamentalism Fundamentalismo islámico War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 Guerra contra el terrorismo, 2001-2009 Globalization BP 182 A835b 2010 320.5/57 Aslan, Reza. 9780812978308 (pbk.) 0812978307 (pbk.) 2008461008 BTCTA 081112 20230410142320.0 15519187 eng