In God's Name: Wisdom from the World's Great Spiritual Leaders - Hardcover

Naudet, Jules

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1426203713 ISBN 13: 9781426203718

Publisher: National Geographic Society, 2008

Synopsis

Coming from many directions geographically and theologically, 12 divines of the present day meet in these elegant pages, their voices distinct and authoritative, yet all harmonising to create a worldview of spiritual comfort and meaning. Here are the well-known leaders - Pope Benedict XVI and the Dalai Lama - alongside Michihisa Kitashirakawa and Sri Mata Amritanandamayi, leaders within the Shinto and Hindu communities. Here are Christian leaders and Muslim leaders from different denominations - Catholic and Southern Baptist, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox, Shiite and Sunni. Each of the 12 religious leaders is represented individually by a folio of pages that contains a first-person account of his or her spiritual path, illustrated by powerful photographs of private and public moments.In among the portraits are the answers given by these religious leaders to the questions posed to them by the Naudet brothers. A single section of this thought-provoking book, for example, poses the question "What is your message to mankind - believers and nonbelievers?" and carries brief, heartfelt answers from an Ashkenazy rabbi, a Sunni imam, a Russian Orthodox patriarch, a Shinto jingu daiguji, a Sikh jathedar, a Hindu leader, and a Lutheran bishop. Another asks "What is worth fighting for? What is worth dying for?" Answers come from all directions: Sunni Muslim, Shiite Muslim, Southern Baptist, Lutheran, and Jewish. An appendix provides authoritative sketches of all 12 religions represented by the leaders featured in the book.

About this title

About the Author

Award-winning documentary filmmakers Jules and Gédéon Naudet were born in Paris, France. They moved to New York in 1989 to attend NYU Tisch School of the Arts. They have worked for various production companies including the Sundance Channel and the French television station Canal+. Their documentaries include Hope, Gloves and Redemption, which won grand-jury honors at the 2000 New York Independent Film and Video Festival, and 9/11, which was shown in more than 100 countries and won the 2002 Emmy for Best Documentary, the Peabody Award, and the Edward R. Murrow Award. The Naudets’ most recent film was In God’s Name.

Virginie Luc is a journalist and essayist. Her writing has appeared in Time, Life, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and Paris-Match. Her essays have been published throughout Europe and the United States.

Stephan Crasneanscki is a photographer and artist. He recently completed a series of portraits of 25 contemporary artists as part of an upcoming exhibition sponsored by Chanel.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1426203713
• ISBN 13: 9781426203718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272