This week, Time is running an abridgment of part of my book, "The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It; How To Get It Back," out next Tuesday. It's called "When Not Seeing Is Believing." You can read it here. Money quote:
How can you engage in a rational dialogue with a man like Ahmadinejad, who believes that Armageddon is near and that it is his duty to accelerate it? How can Israel negotiate with people who are certain their instructions come from heaven and so decree that Israel must not exist in Muslim lands? Equally, of course, how can one negotiate with fundamentalist Jews who claim that the West Bank is theirs forever by biblical mandate? Or with Fundamentalist Christians who believe that Israel's expansion is a biblical necessity rather than a strategic judgment?
There is, however, a way out. And it will come from the only place it can come from - the minds and souls of people of faith. It will come from the much derided moderate Muslims, tolerant Jews and humble Christians. The alternative to the secular-fundamentalist death spiral is something called spiritual humility and sincere religious doubt. Fundamentalism is not the only valid form of faith, and to say it is, is the great lie of our time.
You can pre-order the book itself - with the pages now printed in the right order - here.