Terror in the Mind of God

Why it’s on the list: Juergensmeyer interviewed the perpetrators — Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist — and argues religious terrorism is performance: cosmic war staged for an audience.

Where I heard about it

• Replies to @SpencrGreenberg — an answer when he asked “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” in his thread, June 2025.

Connections

• A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
• Terrorism · Religion · Culture — where this sits in the corpus.