Cultural Climate Change: The Role of Religion in a Secularised West

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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 July 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On Thursday 13th July, Rabbi Sacks delivered a keynote lecture on the concept of what he called 'Cultural Climate Change' and what religion has to offer in an increasingly secularised West. The lecture was hosted by The Chautauqua Institution, an arts and cultural lifelong learning community on the shores of Lake Chautauqua in Western New York.

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0:00.0	Today's lecture.
0:15.0	Today's lecture is underwritten by David and Brenda Goldberg and by Joe and Pam Canfer. Please join me in thanking
0:24.5	the Goldberg and Canfer families as we thank all families for continued support of Chautauqua.
0:35.6	Our speaker today is Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, an international religious leader, philosopher,
0:43.2	and award-winning author who served as chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the
0:49.5	Commonwealth for 22 years. Since 2013, he has held several professorships and currently serves as the Ingeborg
0:58.2	and Ira Rennert Global Distinguished Professor at New York University. Rabbi Sachs has written more than
1:05.7	30 books, including his most recent, not in God's name, confronting religious violence, which was awarded
1:14.5	a 2015 National Jewish Book Award. In recognition of his incredible work, Rabbi Sachs has received
1:23.5	many awards, including the Jerusalem Prize for his contribution to diaspora Jewish Life,
1:30.3	and a Bradley Prize in recognition of his being a leading moral voice in today's world.
1:37.3	He won the 2016 Templeton Prize in recognition of his exceptional contributions
1:43.3	to affirming life's spiritual dimension.
1:47.5	He was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen in 2005 and took his seat in the House of Lords
1:54.3	as a life peer in October 2009. He's known as a cross-bencher, which means that he chooses to sit on the
2:04.0	parliament benches between the government and opposition parties. Rabbi Sachs began his
2:10.7	philosophical studies at Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge, after which he earned a
2:17.2	master's from New college in Oxford.
2:20.1	He earned a PhD from King's College London and has subsequently been awarded 17 honorary
2:27.4	doctorates.
2:29.3	He's joined today coming from London by his wife, Lady Elaine Sacks, and his executive assistant Daniel Sacker.
2:39.8	So ladies and gentlemen, cross-benchers and partisans, you who are gaining respect for the question mark in crisis of faith.
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