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
Introduction
Monotheism and Pluralism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 June 2021
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
Summary
I introduce the dilemma of monotheistic intolerance in the context of religious violence and the concerns about the limits of liberalism and liberal violence. I then introduce Jan Assmann, René Girard, and Chantal Mouffe as figures useful in reconceptualizing our notions of intolerance, pluralism, and monotheism.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021