Sacks, Jonathan
Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence
- ISBN 13:
- 9781473616530
- author:
- Sacks, Jonathan
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Hodder & Stoughton
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 13.1 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm
- Genre:
- Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Fundamentalism,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
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, Sacks examines 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, Sacks challenges those who claim that religion is intrinsically a cause of violence, arguing that theology must become part of the solution if it is not to remain at the heart of the problem. This book is a powerful rebuke to those who justify violence in the name of their faith.
For the sake of humanity and the free world, Sacks calls for people of all faiths and none to stand together and declare: Not In God's Name. A timely and thought-provoking book that challenges readers to think critically about the relationship between religion and violence.
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