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
The Dignity of Difference is Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's radical proposal for reconciling hatreds.
Sir Jonathan Sacks, who died in late 2020, was Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth. He was the author of numerous books, including Celebrating Life, From Optimism to Hope, The Persistence of Faith and The Dignity of Difference, for which he won a Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
Aims to define nothing less than a basis for religiously sensitive
civilisation.
*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 may
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*
Unlike most other religious leaders, Mr Sacks has a wonderfully
unbigoted attitude; he thinks and writes with great eloquence
supported by an amazingly broad range of sources and reading.
*Journey*
It is odd that a leading orthodox Rabbi should be at the forefront
of a campaign to use religious difference as the catalyst for world
peace ... in a brave polemic which is bolstered by feverish
intelligence.
*The Herald (Glasgow)*
Once in a rare while a book comes along that is so powerful and so
earth-shattering that we want to get atop the highest mountain and
shout out its praises...WE MUST ALL READ THIS BOOK....the most
profound and deeply moving argument in favor of religious humanism
I can think of.
*David Shasha*
Sacks does not offer much help in determining how religious people
are to grapple with such theological questions. His brilliant
service is in showing us that we must.
*International Bulletin of Missionary Research*
It is a profound meditation on human diversity and religious
differences....It is a timely book for both believers and
non-believers alike that has a profound sense of history running
through it.
*Limited Edition*
...wonderful book...bold and controversial.
*Commonweal*
The Dignity of Difference is an important contribution to our
understanding of the impact of globalization on the world in the
aftermath of September 11...the book should be required reading for
those concerned with the present struggle between Islam and the
West and the promises, but also the potential threat, that market
globalization represent.
*Jewish Book World Quarterly Review*
"Unlike most other religious leaders, Mr Sacks has a wonderfully
unbigoted attitude; he thinks and writes with great eloquence
supported by an amazingly broad range of sources and reading." -
Journey
"It is odd that a leading orthodox Rabbi should be at the forefront
of a campaign to use religious difference as the catalyst for world
peace ... in a brave polemic which is bolstered by feverish
intelligence." -The Herald (Glasgow) -- The Herald (Glasgow)
"Once in a rare while a book comes along that is so powerful and so
earth-shattering that we want to get atop the highest mountain and
shout out its praises...WE MUST ALL READ THIS BOOK....the most
profound and deeply moving argument in favor of religious humanism
I can think of." --David Shasha, Center for Sephardic Heritage
"Sacks does not offer much help in determining how religious people
are to grapple with such theological questions. His brilliant
service is in showing us that we must."--Paul F. Knitter,
International Bulletin of Missionary Research, July 2003
"It is a profoud meditation on human diversity and religious
differences....It is a timely book for both believers and
non-believers alike that has a profound sense of history running
through it."--Limited Edition, April 2003
"A brave plea for universal values."-David Goldberg, The Guardian
"The Dignity of Difference stands far above the many other books
about globalisation, both for what is has to say and for the grace
with which it says it. In this most prophetic work, Rabbi Sacks has
written a guide for the perplexed of our time." -Daniel Johnson,
Daily Telegraph "The Dignity of Difference is a profound book that
forces believers to think." -Ziauddin Sardar, The Independent "It
is a splendid book. In the light of September 11, it is timely,
sensible, well-written and thoughtful."-Dan Cohn-Sherbok, The
London Times
"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 may
admirers as detractors." --The Jerusalem Post, 6/9/02.
'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
"wonderful book...bold and controversial" -Commonweal --
Commonweal, January 2007 * Commonweal *
"The Dignity of Difference is an important contribution to our
understanding of the impact of globalization on the world in the
aftermath of September 11...the book should be required reading for
those concerned with the present struggle between Islam and the
West and the promises, but also the potential threat, that market
globalization represent." -- Jewish Book World, Spring 2005 *
Jewish Book World Quarterly Review *
Mentioned in The Observer -- Oliver Marre * Observer *
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