Hot off the press book review from today's Episcopal Life Daily. The author of the book, Rabbi David Wolpe, is a Rabbi at Sinai Temple on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles. Click here to see a video of Rabbi Wolpe debating renowned atheist Sam Harris on the existence of God (Sam Harris on the right and David Wolpe on the left)."Why Faith Matters" from HarperCollins Publishers, by David J, Wolpe, foreword by Rick Warren, 208 pages, hardcover, c. 2008, $24.95
[HarperCollins Publishers] Judging by today's bestseller lists, you'd think that religion is either irrational or extreme. What's missing between the atheists and the fanatics is a genuine debate; someone to point out that religion does have value in the modern world. Why Faith Matters is just such an articulate, nondenominational defense of established religion in America. Rabbi Wolpe presents the case for religion and proposes solutions toward engaging religion in discussions of modernity. By refuting the cold reason of the atheists with a vision of religion informed by faith, love and understanding, Wolpe follows in a literary tradition that stretches from Cardinal Newman to C.S. Lewis to Thomas Merton--all individuals of faith who brought religion and culture together in their own works.
Wolpe takes readers through the origins and the nature of religion; popular misunderstandings of the relationship between religion, violence, and progress; the place of the Bible in modern life; and the compatibility of religion and science. He concludes with a powerful argument against calls for the end of religion.
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