Examples of religious intolerance, in the
U.S., Canada, and the rest of the world
Quotation by Charles de Secondat: "Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion,
but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason."
He is now primarily referred to as
Montesquieu (1689-1755). His full name
was
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu.
A trailer for "Not in God's Name:"
The movie discusses religious terrorism and intolerance in India. Within its population of more than one billion, eight main religions coexist. In alphabetic order, they are: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism. India is, in many ways, a microcosm of the entire world. What is dysfunctional there is also seen worldwide. What works there might well work in the rest of the world:
Introduction:What is religious
tolerance? Escalation of religious intolerance. Definition of "religious
intolerance." Forms of religious intolerance. A related form of intolerance.
What do religions teach? What does the Bible teach?
The Liberal Constitutionalist maintains a web page that contains many links to
sites showing religious hatred and misinformation. See:
http://members.aol.com/
HateWatch documents online bigotry against Christians and against racial,
religious and sexual minorities at: http://hatewatch.org/
Amazon.com provides the following list of books on religious intolerance that you can
safely order online.
William T Cavanaugh,, "The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict,"
Oxford, (2009). Read
reviews and/or order
this book
Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, and Michael Jerryson, "Violence and the World's Religious Traditions: An Introduction," Oxford, (2016). Read
reviews and/or order
this book
Mark Juergensmeyer, "Terror in the mind of God: The global rise in
religious violence," University of California Press, (2000). Read
reviews and/or order
this book
P. Marshall & L. Gilbert, "Their Blood Cries Out," Word
Publishing, Dallas TX, (1997) This describes persecution of Christians
worldwide. Read
reviews and/or order this
book
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