Religiously Motivated Political and Religious Nationalism of Israel-Palestine conflict
Abstract
Religion and politics exist on a continuum with varying costs. The dominance of one over the other has consequences for the safety of people, whichever domain has the power. If religion is empowered absolutely, it is abused in the legitimization it gives to violence. If politics is empowered absolutely, the sacred space of human history is denied the ability to flourish and sustain human communities. Yet the tension between the two facets of human society is not one where either will fully can walk away from the temptation of power, whether the opportunity to control is absolute or not.
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