Heather Selma Gregg is an assistant professor at the Naval Postgraduate School's Department of Defense Analysis. Prior to joining the faculty at NPS, she was an associate political scientist at the RAND Corporation. In addition to academic experience, she has spent time in several regions of conflict including Palestine/West Bank, Croatia, and Bosnia.
"Professor Gregg has produced a highly accessible contribution to
an important and contentious area of study. Highlighting the
interpretive enterprise, she explores the complex variables at play
in the relationship between religion and violence on a global
scale, while giving special attention to notions of salvation (both
otherworldly and worldly) in five major religious traditions. Her
nuanced and even-handed approach to this charged topic must be
commended."--Jeffry R. Halverson, author of Searching for a King:
Muslim Nonviolence and the Future of Islam-- (1/21/2014 12:00:00
AM)
"The dark attraction between religion and violence is probed in
this intriguing analysis that sees violence justified as a means of
salvation by religious activists defending their faith and
communities. It examines case studies from the Christian crusades
to Jewish Zionist extremism, from Islamic Jihad movements to the
Hindu far right. This penetrating and comprehensive study is a
significant contribution to the growing literature on religion and
violence."--Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Terror in the Mind of
God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence -- (2/17/2014 12:00:00
AM)
"Anyone wishing to understand the phenomenon of Al-Qa'ida and other
Muslim extremist groups will definitely profit from Dr. Gregg's
deeply reasoned comparisons of violence and extremist views common
to all religions which she assures us are the exception, not the
norm."--Robert Brenton Betts, author of The Druze and The Southern
Portals of Byzantium -- (12/7/2013 12:00:00 AM)
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