James Carse at the Clinton School | 2009

As part of the Arkansas Literary Festival, religious scholar James Carse discusses his book, "The Religious Case Against Belief," which depicts a world where religion and belief have become erroneously conflated. From the Crusades to the contemporary Christian right, from the Inquisition to Islamic jihadists, Carse argues that belief - with its restriction on thought and encouragement of hostility - has corrupted religion and spawned violence around the world.