Convictions

We live in a world of widespread awareness of diversity. The variety of ethnicities cultures world views and politics is common to anyone who takes advantage of media communications and travel technologies. Some diversities are quite trivial and merely provoke a smile or a shake of the head. But differences in those beliefs that guide our lives that make us what we are - these are another matter. They are indeed the stuff of arguments manifestos estrangements revolutions and wars. Why is this so? In a way this book is an answer to that question.