(Paperback)

(Paperback)

A philosophical case against religious violenceWe live in an age beset by religiously inspired violence. Terms such as "holy war" are the stock-in-trade of the evening news. But what is the relationship between holiness and violence Can acts such as murder ever truly be described as holy In Does Judaism Condone Violence, Alan Mittleman offer

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

This book explores one of the great questions of our time: How can we preserve our sense of what it means to be a person while at the same time accepting what science tells us to be true--namely, that human nature is continuous with the rest of nature What, in other words, does it mean to be a person in a world of things Alan Mittleman shows how