{"product_id":"in-the-name-of-god-selina-ogrady-9781643135076","title":"In the Name of God: The Role of Religion in the Modern World: A History of Judeo-Christian and Islamic Tolerance","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking book on the history of religious tolerance and intolerance that offers an essential narrative to understanding Islam and the West today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever has this book been more timely. Religious intolerance, the resurgence of fundamentalism, hate crimes, repressive laws, and mass shootings are pervasive in today's world. Selina O'Grady asks how and why our societies came to be as tolerant or intolerant as they are; whether tolerance can be expected to heal today's festering wound between Islam and the post-Christian West; or whether something deeper than tolerance is needed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Umar, the seventh century Islamic caliph who led what became the greatest empire the world has ever known, to King John (of \u003ci\u003eMagna Carta\u003c\/i\u003e fame) who almost converted to Islam; from Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, who created the religious-military alliance with the House of Saud that still survives today, to the bloody Thirty Years' War that cured Europe of murderous intra-Christian violence (but probably killed God in the process), Selina O'Grady takes the reader through the intertwined histories of the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish faiths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Name of God\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and thought-provoking history of monotheistic religions and their ever-shifting relationship with each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Selina O'Grady\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643135074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643135076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2020 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020 pg. 6","brand":"Selina O'Grady","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978311237887,"sku":"9781643135076","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_879a1344-fd10-4353-bcb6-4e645dbc7ed9.jpg?v=1683240838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-name-of-god-selina-ogrady-9781643135076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}