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The Dignity of Difference: How To Avoid the Clash Of Civilizations Jonathan Sacks, 2003 Continuum, Bloomsbury Academy 2003, New York , 216 pages;
This book on the dignity of difference: How to avoid the clash of civilization seeks to explore the possibilities of religions becoming bacons of peace and central to dialogue in the world politics.
The basic concepts of Sacks book centered on explaining the Judaic interpretation of the importance of religion in its diversity and how relevant it is to humanity, religious and the secular society. Following through Jonathan Sacks concept, which discussed how religions can be used as a tool to bind people of different culture rather than a dividing tool. This help to create a new perspective that …show more content…

The book explained the challenge, affinity, interdependence and the challenges to learn new kinds of experience. My study of the book made me understand the subtlety of Sacks and his wisdom by placing one of the work of a North America's prominent Philosophical atheist in his bibliography.
Presently, the anachronistic models of Sacks work still inbred among us single-mindedness of religion and set the stage for symbiotic relationship between believers and non-believers, Jews and non-Jews to come together as one spiritually. The book helped to loss us from the shackles of nationalism that had held us captive for years. In (page 21), Sacks admonished us to understand that “unity creates diversity, and "disagreement forges agreement" while equivocally explaining the deepest ideas of Jewish …show more content…

The book threw light and offered a newer perspective that religion is a solution to world problem as it clearly pointed out. The way Sacks approached the issue and offered well-articulated solution to humanity in reconciling hatreds and the way we view religion Ab Initio. Sacks explanation of the Judaic God sees it as one that created difference by creating diverse faith, different culture and global civilization and kept us all in one planet to live in. in the book he explained how this ancient Middle Eastern story offers a timeless solution of a man and a tailor who he wished for to, make him a shirt. The story is often too difficult for atheists to understand. Understanding of this story aids us to believe in the sustainability of humanity through the knowledge of the Judaic seven moral principles that governs

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