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Persistence Of Faith

Religion, Morality and Society in a Secular Age (the Reith Lectures)

by Sir Jonathan Sacks

  • Paperback
  • 128 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • 12.9 x 19.9 x 0.8 cm

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Sacks argues that faiths must remain open to criticism, keep alive their separate communities and still contribute far more to national debates on moral issues. they must also learn to get along better. His thesis is that we still live under a Biblical canopy and that a cohesive morality needs the uniting bonds of faith. Confidence in a faith is a subtle quality and lack of it shows in many ways, some contradictory. Dr Sacks has that confidence and the quiet charisma to communicate it. The subject of this book - religions and ethics - is good ground for him to build on: The Jewish contribution to ethics is distinctly rational and has a long and illustrious tradition. Moral philosophy is after all a Jewish preoccupation. In recent years, he writes, religion has taken us unawares. The rise of the Moral Majority in the USA, the Islamic Revolution, the growth of religious parties in Israel, the power of Catholicism in Poland and the African continent all run contrary to the basic thesis that modernity and secularisation went hand in hand and could almost be regarded as synonyms. Instead and against all predictions religion has resurfaced in the public domain.
Persistence Of Faith and Not in God's Name
Not in God's NamePersistence Of Faith

  • Author

    Sir Jonathan Sacks

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

  • Published

    April 2005

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    137g

  • Page Count

    128

  • Dimensions

    12.9 x 19.9 x 0.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780826478559

  • ISBN-10

    0826478557

  • Eden Code

    1214636

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