Authors: Jonathan Sacks, Clifford Longley
ISBN-13: 9780865545502, ISBN-10: 0865545502
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Date Published: June 1997
Edition: Reprint
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.
Preface | ||
Introduction | ||
Prologue: Faith in the Future | 1 | |
Pt. I | The Moral Covenant | |
1 | Introduction: Sharing Duties | 11 |
2 | Holes in the Moral Fabric | 13 |
3 | Why Morality Matters | 16 |
4 | The Future of the Family | 22 |
5 | The Moral Context of Crime | 31 |
6 | In Defence of Judgement | 37 |
7 | Law, Morality and the Common Good | 43 |
8 | Faith in the Community | 55 |
9 | Putting Duties to Rights | 59 |
10 | Renewing the Covenant | 62 |
Pt. II | Living Together | |
11 | Introduction: Sharing a World | 71 |
12 | The Interfaith Imperative | 74 |
13 | Religious Responsibility at a Time of Ethnic Conflict | 82 |
14 | Taking Risks for Peace | 87 |
15 | After Hebron | 99 |
16 | The Vatican and Israel | 103 |
17 | Democracy and Religious Values | 106 |
18 | Pluralism | 117 |
Pt. III | Holy Days | |
19 | Introduction: Sharing Time | 127 |
20 | Shabbat/The Sabbath: Day of Delight | 132 |
21 | Pesach/Passover: Celebrating Freedom | 138 |
22 | Shavuot/Pentecost: Israel's Wedding | 145 |
23 | Sukkot/Tabernacles: The Canopy of Faith | 150 |
24 | Rosh Hashanah/New Year: The Courtroom of the World | 156 |
25 | Yom Kippur/The Day of Atonement: Coming Home | 162 |
Pt. IV | Jewish Ethics and Spirituality | |
26 | Introduction: Sharing Fate | 171 |
27 | Images of Jewish Spirituality | 173 |
28 | Jewish Economics Ethics | 195 |
29 | Jewish Environmental Ethics | 206 |
30 | The Jewish Attitude to Handicap | 214 |
31 | Leadership and Crisis | 225 |
32 | Jewishness and Judaism | 231 |
33 | On God and Auschwitz | 237 |