The Great Partnership

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The Great Partnership
God, Science, and the Search for Meaning

Publication Date: 23 June 2011

In this challenging book, Jonathan Sacks sets out a clear and vigorous argument for the complementary nature of science and religion, ranging widely through history and philosophy to prove that both are necessary if we are to understand the human condition.

Drawing comparisons from different cultures and delving deep into the history of language and of western civilisation, Jonathan Sacks shows that the current battle between science and religion is based on a false dichotomy. The tired arguments of militant atheists must be set aside. Faith has always played a valuable part in human culture, inspiring people to moral greatness and enabling them to build communities where individuals are cherished and loving kindness is practised.

Far from being dismissed as irrelevant, religion has a vital role in tempering and developing the scientific conversation - for history clearly teaches that when a society loses its soul, it will soon lose its future.

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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 Daily Telegraph
An erudite and eloquent book.
The Guardian
Jonathan Sacks's voice carries unique moral authority far beyond the Jewish community.
The Tablet
The most gifted expositor of Judaism in our day, Sacks has written more than twenty books that are both deeply learned and very accessible. From his perch as Britain’s Chief Rabbi—which he plans to leave in 2013 after 22 years—he has constantly endeavored to breach the walls separating Jews from one another, and Judaism from the larger world.... presented a broad social and historical understanding of Judaism, studded with penetrating observations, and expressed with homiletic eloquence.
David J Wolpe