Religious Violence and Abortion: The Gideon Project [Dallas Blanchard and Terry Prewitt]

[Fundamentalism] [Terrorism] [Violence]

Religious Violence and Abortion: The Gideon Project

Dallas Blanchard and Terry Prewitt

University of Florida Press, FL.1993. First edition paperback. Some yellowing to text block and a bit of creasing, an excellent copy.

From the publisher:

" Their detailed account of the nationally publicized trial and the fundamentalist Christian community's response to the bombings will be important and compelling reading for those concerned with the abortion controversy and other issues that encompass social violence and contemporary religion. 

   Scholars will be interested in the work as a comprehensive sociological analysis of religious fundamentalism, an ideology that the authors tie to a medieval world view. Placing anti-abortion violence in the context of social movement theory, they conclude that persons who are predisposed toward such behavior are likely to be working-class males under age 35, socially isolated from countervailing attitudes. Religious fundamentalists, they warn, will continue to utilize violence in reaction to such subjects as pornography, homosexuality, sex education, equality for females, and prayer in public schools."

"...they conclude that persons who are predisposed toward such behavior are likely to be working-class males under age 35, socially isolated from countervailing attitudes" huh well how about that, a real crossover into MY demographic consumers.... anyway, don't take it personally (the 90's were a different time) this is an anthropological account of abortion clinic terrorism when it was reaching a fever pitch. Fascinating, urgent stuff sadly on the upswing.