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We have arrived at a critical juncture in the postwar order that has prevailed in Europe since 1945. Confronting Religious Violence begins with the premise that violence committed in God's name is always an act of desecration. Hope of redress must start, the book argues, in re-imagining the intended relationship amongst the Abrahamic faiths. Contributors come together to consider how a re-reading of the hallowed texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam might mitigate the militancy whereby group identity can lead to deadly conflict.