To Heal a Fractured World

The Ethics of Responsibility

Jonathan Sacks (Author) , Daniel Epstein (Narrator)

To Heal a Fractured World

The Ethics of Responsibility

Jonathan Sacks (Author) , Daniel Epstein (Narrator)

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'The only force equal to a fundamentalism of hate is a counter-fundamentalism of love.'

Jonathan Sacks is an outstanding moral authority of our time and best-selling author of The Dignity of Difference. One of Judaism's most distinctive and challenging ideas is its ethics of responsibility. We have been given the gift of freedom and we in turn have to honour and enhance the freedom of others. More than in any previous generation, we have been tempted to imagine that it is the individual's needs which are the sole source of meaning.

In To Heal A Fractured World, Rabbi Sacks argues that such preoccupation with oneself is a mistake. Ethics are concerned with the life we live together, and the goods we share only exist by virtue of being shared. Rabbi Sacks argues his case in a way which shows a profound engagement with the human condition today, and reflects how widely he has read. He talks with as much authority about Sigmund Freud or Karl Marx as he does about the Hebrew Bible.

This is a clarion call to the outside world to come to its senses.

Acknowledgements

Part 1: The Call to Responsibility
1 The Ethics of Responsibility
2 Faith as Protest
3 Charity as Justice
4 Love as Deed
5 Sanctifying the Name
6 Mending the World
7 Like a Single Soul
8 The Kindness of Strangers
9 Responsibility for Society

Part 2: The Theology of Responsibility
10 The Birth of Responsibility
11 Divine Initiative, Human Initiative
12 The Holy and the Good
13 The Monotheistic Imagination
14 The Faith of God
15 Redeeming Evil

Part 3: The Responsible Life
16 Transforming Suffering
17 The Chaos Theory of Virtue
18 The Kind of Person We Are
19 Who Am I?
20 On Dreams and Responsibilities

Index

Product details

Published	03 Aug 2006
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	288
ISBN	9780826480392
Imprint	Bloomsbury Continuum
Dimensions	216 x 138 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Jonathan Sacks

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who died in late 2020,…

Narrator

Daniel Epstein

These paperback editions of his timeless works celebrate his legacy for today. With stunning new covers and forewords by brilliant writers from around the world, they are perfect for anyone wishing to reacquaint themselves with Rabbi Sacks' writing, and for introducing a new generation to his evergreen wisdom.

Jewish News
Jonathan Sacks is one of the most eminent religious scholars of our time and his book should interest Jews and non-Jews alike.

Booklist
There is much of great wisdom here, for readers of all faiths and none.' Bishop of Thetford 'A book for our time. Sacks writes with a quiet passion that is accessible to religionist and secularist alike... a desperately needed transfusion of hope.

Catholic Herald
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks mixes stories, philosophy and theology to show Judaism's power to transform individuals and society through love and ethics. Much of what he says is equally applicable to Islam.

Ziauddin Sardar, Independent, Books of the Year
The Chief Rabbi's books are always worth reading and this is no exception. He writes with characteristic generosity, wisdom and passion....His reading of the Hebrew Bible is immensely subtle...Throughout he makes ethics live through many, often deeply moving stories...Reading this will deepen your understanding of the OT or of Judaism.

Nick Spencer, Christianity
[A] marvelous gift to the Jewish community and to people of all faiths and nations. I know of no contemporary author...whose ideology is so heavily invested in "social justice," who has presented the grandeur and breadth of Jewish social ideals in such a unique and absolutely elegant fashion....It should be read by every rabbi, synagogue president and Federation leader, as well as by clergy and political leaders everywhere...his inspiring contribution, and what makes this volume so extraordinary and so valuable, lies precisely in his remarkable presentation and its is applicability to the human condition...Rabbi Sacks has produced a text which should not only be read but which should be studied in every Jewish and non-Jewish education program in the English speaking world.

Stanley M Wagner, Conservative Judaism