Insiders and Outsiders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
Religion is very good at deciding who is in and who is out. In fact, it might be said of the religious form of life that it often legitimizes with claims of divine approval the human tendency to categorize as ‘others’ those who do not share one’s own beliefs and practices. A catalogue of examples is unnecessary; it would include intra-religious splinters within faith traditions and inter-religious hostility, even murderous conflict. It is small wonder that religious fervour is not always considered a virtue in others.
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