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litsci-l-digest          Monday, June 6 2005          Volume 01 : Number
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     Psychology of Terrorism
     FW: Re: SLSA labels with membership dates vs. actual dates
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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 13:54:32 -0400
From: "Orion Anderson" 
Subject: Psychology of Terrorism

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"The suicide bomber bears witness to his love of God by performing =
violent,
sacrificial acts. The terrorist compels the "other" to replicate his own
abject stance. Acts of terror are undertaken according to the logic: As
=
I am
compelled to sacrifice my life, so you too shall submit to my God and =
become
a sacrificial victim."

From Richard Koenigsberg's "Position Paper" to be discussed at the =
On-Line
Symposium, June 13-23 (to register please see below).



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On-Line Symposium on Terrorism and Religious Violence
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The "Symposium on Religious Fundamentalism" is attracting world-wide
attention as the site of an exciting, generative conversation on the
relationship between religion, ideology and political violence.

We invite you to join this online Symposium featuring some of our most
original and creative scholars. The Forum is sponsored by the =
award-winning
PsyBC, recognized as the premiere organization using the Internet to =
offer
online education for scholars and professionals.

The Symposium is a panel discussion. When you register for the =
Symposium,
you gain access to the forum, where the conversation unfolds. Panelists
=
and
attendees participate by posting comments and questions in response to a
position paper. The next session will take place June 13-June 23. Please
register as soon as possible to hold your place.

 To learn more or to register, please
CLICK HERE.

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Session #1

June 13-23: Richard Koenigsberg, Ph. D. is a Social Psychologist, author
=
of
Hitler's Ideology and other books on the psychology of culture and =
history.
His position paper will explore the relationship between attachment to
"omnipotent" objects and the proclivity toward violence. Why do human =
beings
identify so deeply with entities such as Gods and nations? Why do =
threats to
these objects often provoke rage?

Donald Moss, Ph. D., on the faculty at NYU and author of Hating in the =
First
Person Plural, will be the lead commentator. Attendees are welcome to =
enter
the discussion. Or if you wish, you may simply observe the conversation
=
as
it unfolds.


 To learn more or to register, please CLICK HERE.

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Session #2


June 27-July 10: Charles Strozier, Ph. D., is Professor of History, =
Director
of the Center on Terrorism at John Jay College (CUNY), and author of
Apocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America. His position
paper will focus on Christian Fundamentalism in America, the =
relationship
between idealism and violence, and the centrality of the concept of =
"evil"
in contemporary discourse.

Ana-Maria Rizzuto, M. D. will be the lead commentator on Strozier's =
paper.
She is the world- renowned authority on the psychology of religion, =
author
of the classic Birth of the Living God.


 To learn more or to register, please CLICK HERE.

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Session #3

July 18-28: James Jones, Ph. D. is Professor of Religion and Psychology
=
at
Rutgers University, author of numerous books, lecturer in Psychiatry and
Religion at Union Theological Seminary and visiting Professor at the
University of Uppsala in Sweden, from which he received an honorary
doctorate. He will address the question of the specific circumstances
(psychological and cultural) that cause the religious fundamentalist's
beliefs to spill over into violent societal acts.

Dan Hill, Ph. D., psychologist and the founder/director of PsyBC, will =
be
the lead commentator on James Jones' position paper.


 To learn more or to register, please CLICK HERE.

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You don't have to be at your computer at any special time. You can log =
in to
the Symposium whenever you wish at any computer with access to the =
Internet.
You will find the entire proceedings, including everything that has
transpired since the last time that you logged in. All discussions are
available at all times for attendees. If you can't attend at a =
particular
time, the discussions will be available for you to read at any =
subsequent
time.

You may register for any ONE of the sessions, or for the entire =
Symposium.

We hope you will join us at this exciting, on-line event.

With best regards,
Orion Anderson

 To learn more or to register, please
CLICK HERE.


  _____ 

E-Mail psychfundamentalism@earthlink.net
Online http://www.psychfundamentalism.com/
 
For further information call Orion Anderson at 718-393-1104 or send an =
email
to

PsychFundamentalism@earthlink.net

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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 14:01:57 +0000
From: "Carol Colatrella" 
Subject: FW: Re: SLSA labels with membership dates vs. actual dates
ofmembership

Johns Hopkins Press Journals Division has just corrected a problem with 
dates of membership noted on address labels for Decodings.  Evidently
the 
software company incorrectly noted last date of paid membership. (see 
messages below)

So all of you who have labels indicating 2004 as your last date of paid 
membership might really (but not always) be paid up through 2005.  If
you do 
send in new dues, Hopkins will send you a letter indicating which year
that 
money will apply.

If you want to confirm or check on your membership status, please call 
Hopkins at 800-548-1784, or email them at jlorder@jhupress.jhu.edu.

thanks,
Carol

>From: "Alta  Anthony" 
>To: 
>Subject: Re: SLSA labels with membership dates vs. actual dates 
>ofmembership
>Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 09:55:25 -0400
>
>Hi Carol,
>
>I thought the labels were working the same way you did so I contacted
>our software company. I had them help me look at the formulas for the
>printed labels and the electronic extract. Apparently the electronic
>extract was working fine, but the printed labels were not showing the
>last expiration date correctly. This problem has now been corrected and
>both labels selections will work the same way.
>
>I can't believe  that no one noticed this before now, and it's been
>that way since 2000 when the reports were first created. Sorry for the
>problems. Like you, anyone who was already paid for 2005 will receive
>the letter informing them that their payment was applied to 2006.
>
>Again, my apologies for the problems.
>
>Alta
>
> >>> Carol Colatrella  6/4/2005 9:35:35 AM
> >>>
>Dear Alta,
>
>I used the last set of labels you sent about 5-6 weeks ago for a recent
>SLSA
>mailing that included a renewal coupon for membership.
>
>The labels were mostly 2004, which struck me as odd at the time, but I
>
>thought maybe a lot of members were slow to renew for 2005 until the
>fall
>conference.
>
>So I sent in my renewal, presuming it was for 2005, and received a JHUP
>
>Journals letter in yesterday's mail indicating that I had already paid
>for
>2005.  If so, why didn't the label reflect that last date of
>membership?
>
>Were the labels generated to show last date of paid membership (as I
>thought
>they were)?
>
>thanks,
>Carol
>


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