A God of One's Own: Religion's Capacity for Peace and Potential for ViolenceISBN: 978-0-7456-4619-0
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264 pages
September 2010, Polity
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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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