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The Environment of Faith

The Reith Lectures Jonathan Sacks - The Persistence of Faith
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In his first Reith Lecture Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks argues that religion is the best moral framework for society.

Dr Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, lectures in his first Reith Lecture on the 'The Persistence of Faith'. Explaining how he believes that the moral framework provided by religion is still the best alternative to the personalised, free-market ethics which prevail today.

In this lecture entitled 'The Environment of Faith', Dr Jonathan Sacks considers the state of Britain's religions. He asks; have modern cultures forgotten their faith forever?

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