A God of One's Own: Religion's Capacity for Peace and Potential for Violence

Acknowledgements ix

I The diary of ‘a God of one’s own’: Etty Hillesum. An unsociological introduction 1

II The return of the Gods and the crisis of European modernity. A sociological introduction 19

III Tolerance and violence: The two faces of the religions 47

IV Heresy or the invention of a ‘God of one’s own’ 93

V The cunning of unintended consequences: How to civilize global religious conflicts. Five models 137

VI Peace instead of Truth? The futures of the religions in the world risk society 164

Bibliography 201

Index 220