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Spirituality, Religion, and Violent Radicalization

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The radicalization of individuals from faith communities may ultimately lead to violence inflicted against others. Most recently, this has been seen in the United States in the killing by professed Christians of physicians who perform abortion s and of homosexuals and by Muslim Somali youth in terrorist activities. This chapter explores what is known about such radicalization efforts and the role that can be played by social workers engaged at the community level.

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