"I really believe that the pagans, the abortionists, the feminists, the gays and lesbians who are actively trying to make it an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, Those of the American Way, all those who have tried to secularize America, I point my finger in their face and say, "you contributed to all this. This could happen if we all fasted and prayed, this could be God's wake up call" Jerry Falwell's thoughts on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The average person might hear all those words spoken with hatred and utter disrespect. However, in Fallwell's mind, his religion believes those words are not only necessary but true. Fallwell according to his religious beliefs Fallwell actually believes that the 9/11 attacks were committed because said groups aroused the wrath of the gods This is one of the main points made by Bruce Lincoln throughout the book, Holy Terrors: Thinking About Religion After 9/11 book attempts to "think" through the nature of religion to identify its main components: discourse, practice, community and institution. Lincoln attempts to specify the historically changing relationship with other aspects of religion. Lincoln also explains his view on how religion is practiced in two forms: the maximalist and minimalist approaches. The Religious Maximalist Approach to Religion Lincoln notes that, rather than "fundamentalist," a maximalist believes that religion should permeate all aspects of social life, indeed social life. human existence" (5). Basically what Lincoln is saying is that maximalists believe that religion should take precedence in our social order and not be tied to any single aspect of our social world. Lincoln also uses the term minimalist which is roughly the opposite of maximalist. Minimalists believe that religion should be "limited to a major set of terms (chiefly metaphysical), protects its privileges from state intrusion but limits its activity and influence to its specialized sphere "(5). The minimalist ensures that religion remains within its own "sphere" and does not extend into the economic or political order. Lincoln then lays out his definition of what a religion must consist of and divides it into four parts. The four parts are Discourse, which contains the verbal and textual examples of "transcendence", Practice which contains the rituals performed religiously, Community, the people who practice said religion and build their reality around it, and Institution recognized as comprehensive and representative of religion..