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Not in God's Name Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks HC/DJ
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- ISBN
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- Book Title
- Not in God's Name : Confronting Religious Violence
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- Religion, History
- Topic
- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Comparative Religion, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Middle East / General
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- 6.5in
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***2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner*** In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, Rabbi Sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution. When religion becomes a zero-sum conceit--that is, my religion is the only right path to God, therefore your religion is by definition wrong--and individuals are motivated by what Rabbi Sacks calls "altruistic evil," violence between peoples of different beliefs appears to be the only natural outcome. But through an exploration of the roots of violence and its relationship to religion, and employing groundbreaking biblical analysis and interpretation, Rabbi Sacks shows that religiously inspired violence has as its source misreadings of biblical texts at the heart of all three Abrahamic faiths. By looking anew at the book of Genesis, with its foundational stories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Rabbi Sacks offers a radical rereading of many of the Bible's seminal stories of sibling rivalry: Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Rachel and Leah. "Abraham himself," writes Rabbi Sacks, "sought to be a blessing to others regardless of their faith. That idea, ignored for many of the intervening centuries, remains the simplest definition of Abrahamic faith. It is not our task to conquer or convert the world or enforce uniformity of belief. It is our task to be a blessing to the world. The use of religion for political ends is not righteousness but idolatry . . . To invoke God to justify violence against the innocent is not an act of sanctity but of sacrilege." Here is an eloquent call for people of goodwill from all faiths and none to stand together, confront the religious extremism that threatens to destroy us, and declare: Not in God's Name.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0805243348
ISBN-13
9780805243345
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208547721
Product Key Features
Book Title
Not in God's Name : Confronting Religious Violence
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Comparative Religion, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Middle East / General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Religion, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
20.4 Oz
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Bl65.V55s24 2015
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A Sunday Times (London) Bestseller "Rabbi Sacks is one of today's most interesting thinkers, writers, and speakers. His interventions into the public debate rarely fail to encourage thought, knowledge, and, indeed, wisdom. I suspect that this latest book will contribute a significant amount to the ferocious debates around religion and violence in our world today." -- The Spectator (London) "Sacks can't be accused of shirking the big issues. In Not in God's Name he considers a subject that believers of all faiths have a huge difficulty explaining: Why do so many insist on advancing their belief in God as a justification for violence? It is, as the briefest survey of the headlines will confirm, a timely inquiry. Sacks, unsurprisingly, rejects the suggestion that religion itself is what causes the problem, though he does believe that if it is to be solved, theology must play a part." -- The Guardian (London) "A global campaigner for greater religious understanding between all the faiths . . . Sacks is unmistakably a man on a mission, and he is sure that there is plenty we can do, if we find the will . . . His book is one front in that battle." --The Telegraph (London) "The book makes interesting and valuable points . . . Sacks reminds us that it is wrong to casually conflate 'orthodox' believers with armchair fundamentalists. The two approaches to faith are not only different but opposed to one another, he says. It is a case well put, and worth hearing." --The Independent (London) " Not in God's Name makes an explicit link between [religious] extremism and the growing gulf between a secular West and a religious world . . . It is a persuasive analysis." --BBC News
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
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2015-016809
Dewey Decimal
201/.76332
Dewey Edition
23
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