Far-Right Religious Terrorism

Since 9/11, far-right violent extremists in the U.S. have committed almost twice as many terrorist attacks as Islamist terrorists, and are responsible for nearly half of all terrorism fatalities. While not all of these attacks are religiously motivated, in many instances they are explicitly Christian in their orientation. This course examines domestic and international far-right religious terrorism – as well as the U.S. government’s response to this violence – by looking at attacks that are anti-abortion, white supremacist, anti-government, and anti-immigrant.