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Faith In The Future » (Reprint)

Book cover image of Faith In The Future by Jonathan Sacks

Authors: Jonathan Sacks, Clifford Longley
ISBN-13: 9780865545502, ISBN-10: 0865545502
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Date Published: June 1997
Edition: Reprint

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Author Biography: Jonathan Sacks

Book Synopsis

Faith in the Future addresses some of the major themes of our time: the fragmentation of our common culture, the breakdown of family and community life, the lack of moral direction, and the waning of religious belief. How, Sacks asks, can we construct a humane social order that honors human dignity and difference, one in which we can be both true to ourselves and a blessing to others? In the confusing state of postindustrial societies in the post-Cold War situation, can we give those who come after us a coherent map of hope? In treating such questions, Faith in the Future is structured in four parts. In the first, "The Moral Covenant," Sacks touches on the broadest of issues: morality, the family, and the importance of communities in the life of society. In the second, "Living Together," he asks how we can co-exist while remaining faithful to our distinctive identities and traditions. In the third, "Jewish Ethics and Spirituality," he sketches some of Judaism's leading themes. "There is such a thing," he says, as an ecology of hope, and it lies in restoring to our culture a sense of family, community, and religious faith.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Prologue: Faith in the Future1
Pt. IThe Moral Covenant
1Introduction: Sharing Duties11
2Holes in the Moral Fabric13
3Why Morality Matters16
4The Future of the Family22
5The Moral Context of Crime31
6In Defence of Judgement37
7Law, Morality and the Common Good43
8Faith in the Community55
9Putting Duties to Rights59
10Renewing the Covenant62
Pt. IILiving Together
11Introduction: Sharing a World71
12The Interfaith Imperative74
13Religious Responsibility at a Time of Ethnic Conflict82
14Taking Risks for Peace87
15After Hebron99
16The Vatican and Israel103
17Democracy and Religious Values106
18Pluralism117
Pt. IIIHoly Days
19Introduction: Sharing Time127
20Shabbat/The Sabbath: Day of Delight132
21Pesach/Passover: Celebrating Freedom138
22Shavuot/Pentecost: Israel's Wedding145
23Sukkot/Tabernacles: The Canopy of Faith150
24Rosh Hashanah/New Year: The Courtroom of the World156
25Yom Kippur/The Day of Atonement: Coming Home162
Pt. IVJewish Ethics and Spirituality
26Introduction: Sharing Fate171
27Images of Jewish Spirituality173
28Jewish Economics Ethics195
29Jewish Environmental Ethics206
30The Jewish Attitude to Handicap214
31Leadership and Crisis225
32Jewishness and Judaism231
33On God and Auschwitz237

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