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God's Zeal - by Peter Sloterdijk (Paperback)

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  • The conflicts between the three great monotheistic religions - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - are shaping our world more than ever before.
  • About the Author: Peter Sloterdijk is professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the Karlsruhe School of Design and the author of many works including Critique of Cynical Reason and Sphären.
  • 216 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Faith

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The conflicts between the three great monotheistic religions - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - are shaping our world more than ever before.

In this important new book Peter Sloterdijk returns to the origins of monotheism in order to shed new light on the conflict of the faiths today. Following the polytheism of the ancient civilizations of the Egyptians, Hittites and Babylonians, Jewish monotheism was born as a theology of protest, as a religion of triumph within defeat. While the religion of the Jews remained limited to their own people, Christianity unfolded its message with proclamations of universal truth. Islam raised this universalism to a new level through a military and political mode of expansion.

Sloterdijk examines the forms of conflict that arise between the three monotheisms by analyzing the basic possibilities stemming from anti-Paganism, anti-Judaism, anti-Islamism and anti-Christianism. These possibilities were augmented by internal rifts: a defining influence within Judaism was a separatism with defensive aspects, in Christianity the project of expansion through mission, and in Islam the Holy War.



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The conflicts between the three great monotheistic religions - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - are shaping our world more than ever before.

In this important new book Peter Sloterdijk returns to the origins of monotheism in order to shed new light on the conflict of the faiths today. Following the polytheism of the ancient civilizations of the Egyptians, Hittites and Babylonians, Jewish monotheism was born as a theology of protest, as a religion of triumph within defeat. While the religion of the Jews remained limited to their own people, Christianity unfolded its message with proclamations of universal truth. Islam raised this universalism to a new level through a military and political mode of expansion.

Sloterdijk examines the forms of conflict that arise between the three monotheisms by analyzing the basic possibilities stemming from anti-Paganism, anti-Judaism, anti-Islamism and anti-Christianism. These possibilities were augmented by internal rifts: a defining influence within Judaism was a separatism with defensive aspects, in Christianity the project of expansion through mission, and in Islam the Holy War.

Today these three religions are now called upon to adjust their relations from peaceful coexistence to dialogue: zealous collectives must become parties in a civil society.



Review Quotes




"Peter Sloterdijk has a strong claim to being Germany's foremost public philosopher."
The Philosopher's Magazine



About the Author



Peter Sloterdijk is professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the Karlsruhe School of Design and the author of many works including Critique of Cynical Reason and Sphären.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .52 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 216
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Sub-Genre: Faith
Publisher: Polity Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Peter Sloterdijk
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 2009
TCIN: 90184448
UPC: 9780745645070
Item Number (DPCI): 247-32-3641
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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