"Religion is not a threat" - Rabbi Sacks in conversation with Father Raymond de Souza at Cardus

The Rabbi Sacks Legacy

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2016

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

The world, it seems, might be better off without religion. Witness the horrific violence of the Islamic State, or look across the ages and see crusades, inquisitions, and a European world awash in violence, all done in the name of religion. But what if, as Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks argues, religion is not the problem? What if the very potent idea of "religion" is often hijacked and abused by those who wield it with violence? Religion belongs here. This event by Cardus was recorded on 15th March 2016 at The Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, Canada. Rabbi Sacks was in conversation with Convivium Editor and National Post Columnist Father Raymond de Souza.

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0:01.0	Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
0:03.0	What a wonderful evening to be here at the Glen Gould Studio.
0:07.0	Thank you very so much for coming and joining with us.
0:11.0	I want to welcome you warmly to this evening to the Hill Family Lecture Series.
0:17.0	My name is Michael Van Pelt and I'm the President of Cardas. If you're new to this series,
0:23.5	the Hill Family Lecture Series is a series of talks highlighting the role of religion and faith
0:29.6	that plays out in our common life. I want to especially thank the Hill family for their continued
0:36.5	and generous support which
0:38.4	makes this kind of evening and many in the past happen.
0:42.6	Tonight, we will meet Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who joins a distinguished line of past
0:50.0	Hill lectures, including Governor Mark Carney, journalist Rex Murphy, and most recently Washington
0:57.2	Post columnist Michael Gershon, who spoke in Ottawa. This series includes many other speakers as
1:03.9	well, including Lord Conrad Black, who joined us here tonight, too. Again, I thank you for being here. I would like to take a
1:13.2	moment to welcome a few special guests who are with us this evening as well. Please
1:19.3	welcome with me most specifically our ambassador, Ambassador Andrew Bennett from
1:24.6	the Office of Religious Freedom. Andrew, very good to have you.
1:28.3	What an appropriate time to be here.
1:31.3	Now, ladies and gentlemen, we have many other distinguished guests with us tonight.
1:37.3	Judges, members of Parliament, and members of the Canadian Armed Forces,
1:43.3	we at Cardus respect your role as public office
1:47.1	holders. And we want to do that tonight because your role is also a role to protect
1:51.7	religious freedom and allow people of faith to live actively in our public life. And
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