Jonathan Sacks
Subtitle: universalizing particularity
By: edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes
Series: Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers -- 2; Library of contemporary Jewish philosophers -- 2.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9789004249806; 9789004257214; 9789004249813
Subjects: Philosophy; Jewish philosophy; Jüdische Philosophie; Philosophie
Description: 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 aculture 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147).
Table of contents: title: Jonathan Sacks : an intellectual portrait; title: Finding God; title: The dignity of difference : exorcizing Plato's ghost; title: An agenda of future Jewish thought; title: Future tense : the voice of hope in the conversation of humankind; title: Interview with Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks October 29, 2012.