Faith in the FutureFaith in the Future addresses some of the major themes of our time: the fragmentation of our common culture, the breakdown of family and community life, the lack of moral direction, and the waning of religious belief. How, Sacks asks, can we construct a humane social order that honors human dignity and difference, one in which we can be both true to ourselves and a blessing to others? In the confusing state of postindustrial societies in the post-Cold War situation, can we give those who come after us a coherent map of hope? In treating such questions, Faith in the Future is structured in four parts. In the first, The Moral Covenant, Sacks touches on the broadest of issues: morality, the family, and the importance of communities in the life of society. In the second, Living Together, he asks how we can co-exist while remaining faithful to our distinctive identities and traditions. In the third, Jewish Ethics and Spirituality, he sketches some of Judaism's leading themes. There is such a thing, says, as an ecology of hope, and it lies in restoring to our culture a sense of family, community, and religious faith. |
Contents
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In Defence of Judgement | 37 |
Law Morality and the Common Good | 43 |
Faith in the Community | 55 |
Pluralism | 117 |
Introduction Sharing Time | 127 |
ShabbatThe Sabbath Day of Delight | 132 |
Pesach Passover Celebrating Freedom | 138 |
Shavuot IPentecost Israels Wedding | 145 |
SukkotTabernacles The Canopy of Faith | 150 |
Rosh Hashanah New Year The Courtroom of the World | 156 |
Yom KippurThe Day of Atonement Coming Home | 162 |
Putting Duties to Rights | 59 |
Renewing the Covenant | 62 |
Introduction Sharing a World | 71 |
The Interfaith Imperative | 74 |
Religious Responsibility at a Time of Ethnic Conflict | 82 |
Taking Risks for Peace | 87 |
After Hebron | 99 |
The Vatican and Israel | 103 |
Democracy and Religious Values | 106 |
Introduction Sharing Fate | 171 |
Images of Jewish Spirituality | 173 |
Jewish Economic Ethics | 195 |
Jewish Environmental Ethics | 206 |
The Jewish Attitude to Handicap | 214 |
Leadership and Crisis | 225 |
Jewishness and Judaism | 231 |
On God and Auschwitz | 237 |
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