Ariel Glucklich is a professor of theology at Georgetown University and a member of the steering committee of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. The Berkley Center advises the defense community in Washington on the intersection of religion and global challenges.
Ariel Glucklich is a professor of theology at Georgetown University and a member of the steering committee of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. The Berkley Center advises the defense community in Washington on the intersection of religion and global challenges.
Reports of terrorist attacks dominate headlines around the world and it seems as if threats and incentives have been equally ineffective in trying to stop the killing. This week on dialogue, host John Milewski speaks with Ariel Glucklich, author of Dying for Heaven: Holy Pleasures and Suicide Bombers - Why the Best Qualities of Religion Are Also Its Most Dangerous, a new book on religious martyrdom which argues that our misunderstandings of the motivations behind these violent acts is what paralyzes our efforts to deter them. Scheduled for broadcast starting December 30th, 2009 on MHz Worldview channel.
