{"product_id":"the-persistence-of-faith-9781399420792","title":"The Persistence of Faith","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConfidence in a faith is a subtle quality and lack of it shows in many ways, some contradictory. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Sacks has that confidence and the quiet charisma to communicate it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSacks argues that faiths must remain open to criticism, keep alive their separate communities and still contribute far more to national debates on moral issues. They must also learn to get along better. His thesis is that we still live under a Biblical canopy and that a cohesive morality needs the uniting bonds of faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subject of this book - religions and ethics - is good ground for him to build on: The Jewish contribution to ethics is distinctly rational and has a long and illustrious tradition. Moral philosophy is after all a Jewish preoccupation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, he writes, religion has taken us unawares. The rise of the Moral Majority in the USA, the Islamic Revolution, the growth of religious parties in Israel, the power of Catholicism in Poland and the African continent a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039393087831,"sku":"9781399420792","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399420792.jpg?v=1750943557","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-persistence-of-faith-9781399420792","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}