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Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence

Jonathan Sacks

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Description:Despite predictions of our world’s continuing secularization, the twenty-first century has witnessed a surge of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. In this powerful and timely book, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explores the roots of violence and its relationship to religion, focusing on the historic tensions between the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.Drawing on arguments from evolutionary psychology, game theory, history, philosophy, ethics, and theology, Rabbi Sacks shows how a tendency to violence can subvert even the most compassionate of religions. Through a close reading of key biblical texts at the heart of the Abrahamic faiths, Rabbi Sacks challenges those who claim that religion is intrinsically a cause of violence and argues that theology must become part of the solution if it is not to remain at the heart of the problem.This book is a rebuke to all those who kill in the name of the God of life, wage war in the name of the God of peace, hate in the name of the God of love, and practice cruelty in the name of the God of compassion. The time has come, says Rabbi Sacks, for people of all faiths and of none to stand together and declare: Not In God’s Name.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence. To get started finding Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Despite predictions of our world’s continuing secularization, the twenty-first century has witnessed a surge of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. In this powerful and timely book, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explores the roots of violence and its relationship to religion, focusing on the historic tensions between the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.Drawing on arguments from evolutionary psychology, game theory, history, philosophy, ethics, and theology, Rabbi Sacks shows how a tendency to violence can subvert even the most compassionate of religions. Through a close reading of key biblical texts at the heart of the Abrahamic faiths, Rabbi Sacks challenges those who claim that religion is intrinsically a cause of violence and argues that theology must become part of the solution if it is not to remain at the heart of the problem.This book is a rebuke to all those who kill in the name of the God of life, wage war in the name of the God of peace, hate in the name of the God of love, and practice cruelty in the name of the God of compassion. The time has come, says Rabbi Sacks, for people of all faiths and of none to stand together and declare: Not In God’s Name.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence. To get started finding Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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