Religiös fundamentalism och våldsbejakande extremism

Literature, RT2214 (Religious Fundamentalism and Violent Extremism), Fall 2025

Obligatory books to read:

Dwyer, Philip (2022). Violence: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 160 pages.

Ruthven, Malise (2007). Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 176 pages.

Juergensmeyer, Mark (2025). Why God Needs War and War Needs God. Oxford University Press, 120 pages.

Select one of these two books:

Véronique Altglas (2022). Religion and Conflict in Northern Ireland: What Does Religion Do? Palgrave MacMillan, 138 pages.

Gardell, Mattias (2021). Lone Wolf Race Warriors and White Genocide. Cambridge University Press, 75 pages.

Articles/reports (all accessible via the Library of the University of Gothenburg, or as open access publications) 

Amir Rostami, Hernan Mondani, Amber Beckley, Jerzy Sarnecki & Christofer Edling (2025). “Perspectives on Violent Extremism: Insights from Swedish Population Registers in a Global Comparison,” Terrorism and Political Violence, https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2025.2499168

Atran, S. (2016). “The Devoted Actor: Unconditional Commitment and Intractable Conflicts across Cultures,” Current Anthropology, Vol. 57, No. s13, June 2016. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/685495

Atran, Scott; Rodriguez-Gómez. Laura; Yilmaz, Kamil; Gómez, Ángel (2025). “How Gaza Sees the 2023-2025 War and the Future of Israel-Palestine Conflict”, New England Journal of Public Policy 6/2025, https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol37/iss1/11/

Axelson, Tomas & Jonas Stier (2020). “Religions – a Janus-Faced Phenomenon in Local Politics: A Swedish Interreligious council and Participants’ Views on Religions as a Possible Asset for Social Cohesion in the Local Community,” Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology 4(2). https://doi.org/10.1558/isit.41383

Bhatia, R. & Hendrixon, A. (2025). “Kindling green hate through eco- and demographic anxiety,” Environmental Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2025.2532342

Davis, Mark (2024), “Violence as method: the ‘white replacement’, ‘white genocide’, and ‘Eurabia’ conspiracy theories and the biopolitics of networked violence”, Ethnic and Racial Studies 48(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2024.2304640

Gill, Paul, Horgan, John & Deckert, Paige (2014). “Bombing alone: Tracing the Motivations and Antecedent Behaviors of Lone-Actor Terrorists,” Journal of Forensic Sciences 59(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12312

Gustafsson Kurki, Pär (2014). Apostles of Violence: The Russian Orthodox Church’s Role in Russian Militarism. Stockholm: FOI. https://www.foi.se/en/foi/reports/report-summary.html?reportNo=FOI-R--5514--SE

Gøtzsche-Astrup, O. & Lindekilde, L. (2025). “The impact of Policy (II): Legitimacy on Interagency Collaboration and Trust: Differential Impact on CVE Professionals in Denmark,” Terrorism and Political Violence. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2021.1972977

Hegghammer, T., & Ketchley, N. (2023). Plots, Attacks, and the Measurement of Terrorism. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 69(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027231221536

Lundström, M. & Poletti-Lundström, T. (2023). “Radical Nationalism,” Journal of Political Ideologies 30(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2023.2241384

Nilsson, M. (2024). “Jihad and Heroic Hypermasculinity – Recruitment Strategies, Battlefield Experiences, and Returning Home,” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2024.2341446

Wilson, C.., Dziwulski, M., Renner, E. & Smylie, J. (2025). “The Role of Ideology in Motivating Lone Actor Terrorism: An Analysis of the Online Record of the Christchurch Terrorist,” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 31(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2025.2461347