Dying for Heaven

In Dying for Heaven, Georgetown scholar and advisor to the defense community Ariel Glucklich explains the religious motivation of terrorism. This provocative work of political science argues that the very best qualities of religion—its ability to make people feel good and bring them together—are in fact its most dangerous. Glucklich, author of Sacred Pain and Climbing Chamundi Hill, offers a new understanding of religion and provides a vision for preventing further religiously-inspired violence. Dying for Heaven reveals a groundbreaking theory of religion and religious destructiveness, providing the key for understanding the religious drive to self-destruct, and offering a new vision for preventing further religiously inspired violence.