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- Monotheism, Intolerance, and the Path to Pluralistic Politics
- Monotheism, Intolerance, and the Path to Pluralistic Politics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Pluralism’s Requisite Intolerance
- 2 Girard’s Mimetic Theory and Monotheism’s Ambivalent Effects
- 3 Monotheism and the Monopoly on Violence
- 4 Containing Violence and Two Entirely Different Kinds of Religion
- 5 Polytheism and the Victim in Ancient Egypt
- 6 A Political Theology of the Mosaic Distinction
- 7 Jesus Christ and Intolerance
- 8 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
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Book contents
- Monotheism, Intolerance, and the Path to Pluralistic Politics
- Monotheism, Intolerance, and the Path to Pluralistic Politics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Pluralism’s Requisite Intolerance
- 2 Girard’s Mimetic Theory and Monotheism’s Ambivalent Effects
- 3 Monotheism and the Monopoly on Violence
- 4 Containing Violence and Two Entirely Different Kinds of Religion
- 5 Polytheism and the Victim in Ancient Egypt
- 6 A Political Theology of the Mosaic Distinction
- 7 Jesus Christ and Intolerance
- 8 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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