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21%OFFJonathan Sacks - The Great Partnership - 9780340995259 - V9780340995259
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The Great Partnership

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Description for The Great Partnership Paperback. Jonathan Sacks sets out a clear and forceful argument for the complementary nature of science and religion, drawing on an eclectic range of historical and philosophical arguments to prove the necessity of both if we are to understand the human condition. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 200 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.

Writing with his usual grace and fluency, Jonathan Sacks moves beyond the tired arguments of militant atheists such as Dawkins' The God Delusion and Hitchens' God is Not Great, to explore how religion has always played a valuable part in human culture and far from being dismissed as redundant, must be allowed to temper and develop scientific understanding in order for us to be fully human.

Ranging around the world to draw comparisons from different cultures, and delving deep into the history of language and of western civilisation, Jonathan Sacks shows how the predominance of science-oriented thinking is embedded ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340995259
SKU
V9780340995259
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Jonathan Sacks
Rabbi Lord Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the UK & Commonwealth, is admired by non-Jews as well as Jews, by secular as well as religious thinkers, and is equally at home in the university and the yeshiva. Lord Sacks read Philosophy at Cambridge before pursuing postgraduate studies at New College, Oxford and King's College, London. ... Read more

Reviews for The Great Partnership
The most persuasive argument for religious belief I have read.
Andrew Marr, BBC Radio 4 Start the Week
An intelligent, optimistic credo that allows for the happy coexistence of science and religion
The Times
One of the most engaging thinkers of our time
The Times
Britain's most authentically prophetic voice
The Daily Telegraph ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Great Partnership


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