Summary
Yet why should anyone need faith in a secular age in the first place? Dr [Jonathan Sacks] dismisses the idea that we are living in secular times. On the contrary, "we are undergoing the de-secularisation of the world". Secular nationalism died in Europe after the Second World War, and "it is dying throughout much of the Arab world at the moment". The power of "reason without presuppositions" has evaporated. Even our belief in science is in crisis.
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Leading From the Front
Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, has just returned from delivering his Thought for the Day on Radio 4. "When in history did a rabbi have to deliver a message to an audience which was 99.9 per cent not Jewish?" he jokes. Preaching to people who are not fellow believers - indeed, not believers at all - is a challenge. It's about "empowering moderation", he says.
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