ADMJ 1245 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Meir Kahane, Aum Shinrikyo, Michael Bray

• School: Pitt
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 1245
• Professor: John Fitzgerald

Document Summary

Religious ideologies can be powerful motivators for all kinds of human action. Religion deals with spiritual or ultimate human concerns, such as life or death, our highest values and selves, the roots of evil, the existence of god, etc. Religious assumptions shape our minds from childhood which is why religious institutions have extraordinary power to affect the course of human history. Religious terrorist leaders will argue that the strength of their faith will be rewarded by god and allow them to achieve anything. Religious people have a strong belief in their own revealed truth from god and are often theologically supremacist. Violence is a sacramental act or divine duty executed in direct response to some theological demand or imperative. Allows them to ignore political, moral or practical restraints. Helps simplify life and give it purpose. Religious leaders hold a lot of power because they are tasked with interpreting what god wants from us .