Listening For God: Religion and Moral Discernment

by Howard Lesnick

Overview

Listening for God proceeds from the author's belief that, across a wide spectrum of outlooks, people are attracted to religion, yet wary of it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823218615
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	08/01/1998
Edition description:	2
Pages:	249
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Howard Lesnick is Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, teaching courses in professional ethics and the relation of religion to legal thought and practice.

Editorial Reviews

A reflection on the power and meaning of religious faith by one who travelled from complete alienation to religion to a reengagement with Judaism. After an autobiographical examination, the author explores issues of how religion can be thought of in a world that has often used religion to justify inhuman acts. Professing a profound respect for other traditions, as well as atheists, he discusses how religious language, metaphor, and images can serve as aid to finding moral truth, rather than a metaphysical system. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

A profound book….seeks to unfold how religious language and practice can both aid one’s understanding and discernment of what the author terms ‘moral truth’.

Theological Book Review