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Dangerous Religious Ideas: The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

by Rachel S. Mikva

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"Dangerous Religious Ideas explores the themes of Scripture, Election, and Reward & Punishment to investigate how Judaism, Christianity and Islam have grappled with both the perilous power and positive potential of their teachings"--
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2020-11-03
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This book is dedicated to my father (z"l), who spent his life trying to make profoundly good but still imperfect systems...better.
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The most intense love that humanity has ever known has come from religion, and the most diabolical hatred that humanity has known has also come from religion.
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[Jewish] multi-layered exegesis was eventually formalized under the acronym PaRDeS, although each layer could contain multiple possibilities:

    .Peshat
    .Remez
    .Drash
    .Sod
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202Religions › Religion › Doctrines

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BL425.M55Philosophy, Psychology and Religion › Religions. Mythology. Rationalism › Religions. Mythology. Rationalism › Religious doctrines (General)

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