Like many people in America and around the world, Talal Asad experienced the events of September 11, 2001, largely through the media and the emotional response

Drawing on his extensive scholarship in the study of secular and religious traditions as well as his understanding of social, political and anthropological theo

Includes a new Afterword Finalist for the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award One of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of suicid

Adam Lankford looks at the motivation of suicide bombers and other rampage killers.