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Not in God's Name; Confronting Religious Violence (Hebrew)
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ForewordIntroduction to Hebrew EditionAcknowledgements
I; Bad Faith
1; Altruistic Evil2; Violence and Identity3; Dualism4; The Scapegoat5; Sibling Rivalry
II; Siblings
6; The Half Brothers7; Wrestling with the Angel8; Role Reversal9; The Rejection of Rejection
III; The Open Heart
10; The Stranger11; The Universality of Justice, the Particularity of Love12; Hard Texts13; Relinquishing Power14; Letting Go of Hate15; The Will to Power or the Will to Life
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Author: Jonathan Sacks
Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence is a 21st-century work by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks that tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. The work explores the roots of violence and its relationship to religion, employing groundbreaking biblical analysis and interpretation to demonstrate that religiously inspired violence often has is rooted in misreadings of biblical texts.

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