For centuries, it has been common to think that the religious traditions that replaced classical paganism were morally superior to the religions of antiquity. Scholars now argue that the birth of the chauvinistic belief in one god may actually have retarded—and may continue to retard—the progress of civilization. Does monotheism encourage violence, political regression, racial and ethnic hatred, and misogyny?

     Biblical scholar Jonathan Kirsch, who wrote God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism, and has lectured at CFI-West, will discuss the topic with R. Joseph Hoffmann, Academic V.P. of CFI and author of Just War and Jihad: Violence in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

     This discussion is another in a new series called Flashpoints: The CFI Forum in Religion, Ethics and Society, which is sponsored jointly by the Center for Inquiry and the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion.

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