What's so 'religious' about 'religious terrorism'?

Critical Studies on Terrorism

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-388

  Gunning, Jeroen ^a   Jackson, Richard ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Power; Religion; Secular; Terrorism; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859500181     PISSN: 17539153     EISSN: 17539161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17539153.2011.623405     Document Type: Article

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