Putting God Second

Is religion a positive or a negative force in society? The New Atheists argue thatreligion is an impediment to moral progress. Fundamentalists, on the other hand,proclaim religion's moral perfection and chalk up any failures to human weakness.Rabbi Donniel Hartman argues that monotheism's record of ethical failure isn't theresult of religion's evil or of pure human weakness; instead, it's a tension internalto religious faith. In Putting God Second,...
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Is religion a positive or a negative force in society? The New Atheists argue thatreligion is an impediment to moral progress. Fundamentalists, on the other hand,proclaim religion's moral perfection and chalk up any failures to human weakness.Rabbi Donniel Hartman argues that monotheism's record of ethical failure isn't theresult of religion's evil or of pure human weakness; instead, it's a tension internalto religious faith. In Putting God Second, he offers a deeply researched andthoroughly humane argument that religious people everywhere should put theethical treatment of others first -- and put God second.