Totale Religion: Ursprünge und Formen puritanischer Verschärfung

The global threat of religiously motivated terrorism and violence seems greater than ever. Could it be that the radical face of Islamism is not so much the peculiarity of a particular religion, but points to a commonality of all monotheistic variants? The Egyptologist and cultural theorist Jan Assmann explores the possible connection between the propensity for violence and the monotheistic religions’ claim to absolute truth.