Can We Talk About Religion - Softcover

Rosen, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1515344223 ISBN 13: 9781515344223

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

While many people shy away from talking about politics or religion in polite company, author Jeremy Rosen has made religious discourse and education his life’s work. An Orthodox Jewish rabbi and professor of religion at institutions around the world, Rosen sets out to make a case for the utility of religion in societies...and its ability to function as a uniting, rather than dividing, force on Earth.

In accessible language and grounded in years of academic study, Rosen asks important questions about the aim of world religions and what they attempt to achieve, before offering reasons why they often fail—sometimes miserably.

Rosen acknowledges religion is inherently mystical, but that does not mean its adherents can’t also exercise rationality and logic. He makes the case that religion can be compatible with modern life, and it can be a vehicle for promoting tolerance and peace among people.

A wonderful tool for anyone seeking to understand more about religion and religious people, Can We Talk About Religion? asks important questions and makes eloquent arguments for the value of faith in societies around the world.

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About the Author

Jeremy Rosen graduated with a degree in philosophy from Cambridge University and in rabbinics from Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He holds a PhD.

He is a practicing Orthodox Jewish rabbi who has occupied pulpits in both Glasgow, London, and New York. He was principal of Carmel College for fourteen years, and rabbi and director of YAKAR Adult Education Center in London. He served as a professor of comparative religion at the FVG in Belgium and has also worked as a broadcaster and writer.

Rosen now lives, teaches, and writes in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1515344223
• ISBN 13: 9781515344223
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80