The world is full of people who are very certain--in politics in religion in all manner of things. In addition political religious and social organizations are marketing certainty as a cure all to all lifes problems. But is such certainty possible? Or even good? The Certainty of Uncertainty explores the question of certainty by looking at the reasons human beings crave certainty and the religious responses we frequently fashion to help meet that need. The book takes an in-depth view of religion