To Heal a Fractured World, Jonathan Sacks
To Heal a Fractured World, Jonathan Sacks
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To Heal a Fractured World
The Ethics of Responsibility

Author: Jonathan Sacks

Narrator: Rabbi Daniel Epstein

Unabridged: 12 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/14/2026

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Judaism


Synopsis

One of the most respected religious thinkers of our time makes an impassioned plea for the return of religion to its true purpose—as a partnership with God in the work of ethical and moral living.What are our duties to others, to society, and to humanity? How do we live a meaningful life in an age of global uncertainty and instability? In To Heal a Fractured World, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks offers answers to these questions by looking at the ethics of responsibility. In his signature plainspoken, accessible style, Rabbi Sacks shares with us traditional interpretations of the Bible, Jewish law, and theology, as well as the works of philosophers and ethicists from other cultures, to examine what constitutes morality and moral behavior. “We are here to make a difference,” he writes, “a day at a time, an act at a time, for as long as it takes to make the world a place of justice and compassion.” He argues that in today’s religious and political climate, it is more important than ever to return to the essential understanding that “it is by our deeds that we express our faith and make it real in the lives of others and the world.”To Heal a Fractured World—inspirational and instructive, timely and timeless—will resonate with people of all faiths.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chad on November 30, 2018

This book felt like it came out of nowhere like a revelation. I first encountered the name Rabbi Sacks in a blog post on By Common Consent or Times and Seasons, I forget which, with a quote that caught me off guard with its profundity: *“DO YOU believe,” the disciple asked the rabbi, “that God create......more

Goodreads review by Peter on April 10, 2019

Rabbi Sacks begins his book by examining Marx’s famous quote “religion is the opium of the people.” He allows that religion may be used in this way in some situations; however, that is not true of the religion the Hebrew Bible presents. “Biblical faith is not a conservative force,” Rabbi Sacks write......more

Goodreads review by David on June 27, 2010

To Heal a Fractured World, by Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, is an amazing book. This is probably the best English-language religious book I've read in a very long time - he issues a clarion call to fight the rising tide of baseless hatred via a response of baseless love, talks about meaning as som......more

Goodreads review by James on December 08, 2010

This is a tremendously engaging, practical and inspirational book on religious ethics. Sacks is clear and unapologetic that he is writing from a Jewish perspective, and that is one of the things that I found most rewarding about it. For non-Jewish readers, of which I am one, the perspective is fasci......more

Goodreads review by Benedict on February 13, 2022

Original post on my blog: [URL not allowed] There are textbooks, and then there are text-people. Textbooks tell us how to live; text-people show us how to live. Rabbi Sacks was a rare soul that did both. Midway through reading this book, I began to ask myself, “What does my life......more


Quotes

"I have rarely met anyone who combines spirituality, intelligence, wisdom,
and compassion in quite the way Dr. Jonathan Sacks does. He has taught me
so much about the Abrahamic faiths. He is truly a spiritual Master, which
is why I believe he can be called Mahatma, or Great Soul."
--Professor Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University

"Upon receiving this latest volume by Rabbi Sacks, I appreciated again his
well-deserved reputation for marrying high content to elegant style. There
are no pious preachments here, and no self-conscious intellectual
posturings. To Heal a Fractured World is carefully reasoned yet warm,
intellectually engaging, and entirely quotable."
--Dr. Norman Lamm, Chancellor, Yeshiva University