Conviction: The Power and Peril of Passionate Belief
- ISBN-10
- 0812994280
- ISBN-13
- 9780812994285
- Series
- Conviction
- Category
- Belief and doubt
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-01
- Author
- John I. Jenkins
Description
In 'Conviction', Reverend John I. Jenkins contends passionate belief is an indispensable quality for the moral hero, but also a fault which has fuelled conflicts and brutal regimes from Nazi Germany to the ethnic wars of the 1990s. Today, the tensions caused by conviction are no less complicated. What is the proper balance between moral and just conviction and the kind of belief that spills over into divisiveness, deadlock and potentially deadly conflict? Using historical stories and anecdotes from his own experience, Jenkins demonstrates how the lessons learned have continuing relevance whether in civil discourse in a small community or in the classroom or in national politics.
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- 2021-07-13
- 248 pages
- Paperback
- Stanford University Press
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