{"product_id":"the-persistence-of-faith-religion-morality-and-society-in-a-secular-age-9781399420792","title":"The Persistence of Faith: Religion, Morality and Society in a Secular Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConfidence in a faith is a subtle quality and lack of it shows in many ways, some contradictory. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Sacks has that confidence and the quiet charisma to communicate it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSacks 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 secularization went hand in hand and could almost be regarded as synonyms. Instead, and against all prediction, religion has resurfaced in the public domain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Sacks argues the case for a broadly based return to tradition within the context of religious pluralism and tolerance. Religious values remain a strong force within our culture to be renewed. For our society to be viable indeed they \u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e be renewed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks\u003c\/b\u003e was Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth. He was the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eCelebrating Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom Optimism to Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dignity of Difference\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won a Grawemeyer Award in Religion.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661048185106,"sku":"9781399420792","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30ae87b5-d2b1-4f44-ba95-9dd3460999f2.jpg?v=1760435020","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-persistence-of-faith-religion-morality-and-society-in-a-secular-age-9781399420792","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}