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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452369603321

Titolo

Jonathan Sacks : universalizing particularity / / edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-24981-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Library of contemporary Jewish philosophers, , 2213-6010 ; ; volume 2

Altri autori (Persone)

Tirosh-SamuelsonHava <1950->

HughesAaron W. <1968->

Disciplina

181/.06

Soggetti

Jewish philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Jonathan Sacks: An Intellectual Portrait / Aaron W. Hughes -- Finding God / Jonathan Sacks -- The Dignity of Difference: Exorcizing Plato’s Ghost / Jonathan Sacks -- An Agenda of Future Jewish Thought / Jonathan Sacks -- Future Tense: The Voice of Hope in the Conversation of Humankind / Jonathan Sacks -- Interview with Jonathan Sacks / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson -- Select Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume features the thought and writings of Jonathan Sacks, one of today’s leading Jewish public thinkers. It brings together an intellectual portrait, four of his most original and influential philosophical essays, and an interview with him. This volume showcases the work of Sacks, a philosopher who seeks to confront and offer solutions to the numerous problems besetting Judaism and its confrontation with modernity. In addition, the reader will also encounter an important social philosopher and proponent of interfaith dialogue, who articulates how it is possible to cultivate a culture of civility based on the twin notions of the dignity of difference and the ethic of responsibility. Jonathan Sacks has been Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from September 1991 to September 2013 and a member of the House of Lords since 2009.