Jonathan Sacks

The Dignity of Difference (eBook, ePUB)

How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations New Revised Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'Aims to define nothing less than a basis for religiously sensitive civilisation.' Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury 'The Dignity of Difference has a central and compelling vision: the magnificence and inspiring human diversity of our world ... The Chief Rabbi has made a convincing case for respecting people of different faiths and creeds.' Jewish Chronicle This redesigned and reissued edition of The Dignity of Difference was Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's radical proposal for reconciling hatreds and includes . Updated for 2025 with a new foreword by Simon Schama. Almost a quarter of a century ago, the tragedy of September 11 is remembered today as the moment the world woke up to the dangers posed by religious differences and intolerance. In this iconic and critically acclaimed book, reissued with a new foreword, Rabbi Sacks asked, can religion still become a force for peace? The Dignity of Difference was the first major statement by a Jewish leader on the ethics of globalization. At the time of writing, the politics of identity had began to replace the politics of ideology that dominated the globe in the twentieth-century. Now Rabbi Sack's heartfelt, clear-sighted and radical proposal for how we might reconcile our differences without violence is as relevant as ever. In it, Sacks argues that we must do more than just search for values common to all faiths. To avoid the clash of civilisations, we must celebrate our differences and respect all the many ways cultures have searched for meaning, so that people of all faiths and none can live together in respectful harmony. A highly readable and beautifully written book that offers readers the perfect antidote to troubled times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781399420617
• Artikelnr.: 74376569

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who died in late 2020, was Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth. He was the author of numerous books, including Celebrating Life, From Optimism to Hope, The Persistence of Faith and The Dignity of Difference, for which he won a Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Prologue 2. Globalization and its Discontents 3. The Dignity of
Difference: Exorcizing Plato's Ghost 4. Control: The Imperative of
Responsibility 5. Contribution: The Moral Case for the Market Economy 6.
Compassion: The Idea of Tzedakah 7. Creativity: The Imperative of Education
8. Co-operation: Civil Society and its Institutions 9. Conservation:
Environmental Sustainability 10. Conciliation: The Power of a Word to
Change the World 11. A Covenant of Hope Bibliography