The Dignity of Difference

How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations New Revised Edition

Jonathan Sacks (Author) , Daniel Epstein (Narrator)

The Dignity of Difference

How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations New Revised Edition

Jonathan Sacks (Author) , Daniel Epstein (Narrator)

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The Dignity of Difference is Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's radical proposal for reconciling hatreds.

The year 2001 began as the United Nations Year of Dialogue between Civilizations. By its end, the phrase that came most readily to mind was 'the clash of civilizations.' The tragedy of September 11 intensified the danger caused by religious differences around the world. As the politics of identity begin to replace the politics of ideology, can religion become a force for peace?

The first major statement by a Jewish leader on the ethics of globalization, it also marks a paradigm shift in the approach to religious coexistence. Sacks argues that we must do more than search for values common to all faiths; we must also reframe the way we see our differences.

1. Prologue
2. Globalization and its Discontents
3. The Dignity of Difference
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

Product details

Published	Mar 24 2003
Format	Paperback
Edition	2nd
Extent	224
ISBN	9780826468505
Imprint	Bloomsbury Continuum
Dimensions	8 x 5 inches
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
Aims to define nothing less than a basis for religiously sensitive civilisation.

Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, The Jewish Chronicle
Americans will be taken with his incisive and clear writing style...he provides some much-needed spiritual uplift in this post-9/11 world, and his work is accessible to informed lay readers.

Library Journal
This book is far more interesting for its discussion of faith and philosophy than for its determination of concrete politics. Perhaps this is the task of rabbis, to explain and guide rather than to rule and legislate. Jonathan Sacks writes well; every sentence counts, but the space behind the grandiloquence always leaves room for interpretation. It is this ambiguity which wins him as many admirers as detractors.

The Jerusalem Post
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
The book "has a bold and important thesis" said Lord Habgood, especially in how it addresses relations between different faiths.

Church Times