Terror and Civilization

SHADIA B. DRURY is a Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Calgary in Canada.

' Terror and Civilization is nothing less than a tour de force . Critically examining Christianity's oldest and deepest ideological roots, regardless of our own religious convictions or convictions about religion Drury compels us to reflect on our beliefs for the subtle ways they unwittingly implicate us in the violence we thought we had opposed. Required reading for religious and anti-religious thinkers, moralists and anti-moralists, for truth seekers and critics of truth, for idealists and realists of all persuasions. A fine scholarly work, yet written with a clarity that makes it accessible to audiences outside the academic community.' - Morton Schoolman, SUNY Albany, USA

• METAPHYSICS OF TERROR The Apologetic Argument Was Jesus Moderate? Sin as Unbelief Hell and Damnation Is Heaven for Sadists? How Glad are the Glad Tidings? Angst of Salvation Ransom for Sin POLITICS OF TERROR Treachery with a Clear Conscience Augustinian Chic Political Realism with a Twist Christian Arrogance Christian Militancy Against Christianity in Politics ETHIC OF LOVE The Morality of Jesus Sins of Thought A Tragic Ethos Inner State of Siege More than a Hint of Asceticism PSYCHOLOGY OF TERROR Neurosis of the West Guilt, Original Sin, and Expiation Garrison Within The Moses of Freud Promethean Revolt Romanticizing Evil TERROR, IDEALS, AND CIVILISATION Beyond Naiveté and Cynicism A Clash of Civilizations? Terrorism: From Samson to Atta Transcending the Biblical Horizon