Topic: The Explosive Mix of Politics and Religion

CRITICAL ESSAY ON When Religion Becomes Lethal: The Explosive Mix of Politics and Religion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, by Charles Kimball

Preferred language style: English (U.S.)

The essay is not a book review. Rather, it should reflect your engagement with the books. This might include a thoughtful assessment of particular chapters and the organization of the material, critique of the authors? presuppositions, reflections on elements of the book in relation what you have read or experienced in class or other settings, and so on. As you read, see what is most striking, most provocative, most insightful, most confusing or even annoying to you. Write about what you are thinking and why you believe you are responding to the book as you are