Synopses & Reviews
<div> <br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">For this book, Mick Gordon, a catholic of northern Irish extraction, decided to assemble a collection of interviews in which the people he found most interesting on the subject of religion and religious belief would take part. The end result gives us a wide range of opinions from an avowed atheists like Richard Dawkins and A.C. Grayling to committed evangelical christians like Alister McGrath. The variety of contributors and ideas in the pages of this book will interest anyone who wishes to take the phenomenon of faith and religion seriously. Includes interviews with:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Richard Dawkins (University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Alister Mcgrath (University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Karen Armstrong (Former Nun and Bestselling Author)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Tariq Ramadan (St Anthony's College, University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Sir Jonathan Sacks (Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of the<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Commonwealth)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">A.C. Grayling (Birkbeck College, London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Don Cupitt (Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Archbishop Rowan Williams (Canterbury/Lambeth)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Giles Fraser (Wadham College, University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">John Gray (University of London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Lewis Wolpert (University College, London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Azzam Tamimi (Director, Institute of Islamic Political Thought, London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Ann Widdecombe (British Member of Parliament)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Shelina Janmohamed (Writer and Commentator on British Islam)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Julia Neuberger (Rabbi /Member of The House of Lords, UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Abdelwahab El-Affendi (Centre For The Study of Democracy, University of </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Westminister)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Imam Mohammed Yusuf Al-Hussaini (Interfaith Alliance)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Fraser Watts (Queen's College, University of Cambridge)</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Dax-Light; mmso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>>
Synopsis
The variety of contributors and ideas in the pages of this book will interest anyone who wishes to take the phenomenon of faith and religion seriously.
Synopsis
<div> <br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">For this book, Mick Gordon, a catholic of northern Irish extraction, decided to assemble a collection of interviews in which the people he found most interesting on the subject of religion and religious belief would take part. The end result gives us a wide range of opinions from an avowed atheists like Richard Dawkins and A.C. Grayling to committed evangelical christians like Alister McGrath. The variety of contributors and ideas in the pages of this book will interest anyone who wishes to take the phenomenon of faith and religion seriously. Includes interviews with:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Richard Dawkins (University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Alister Mcgrath (University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Karen Armstrong (Former Nun and Bestselling Author)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Tariq Ramadan (St Anthony's College, University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Sir Jonathan Sacks (Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of the<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Commonwealth)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">A.C. Grayling (Birkbeck College, London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Don Cupitt (Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Archbishop Rowan Williams (Canterbury/Lambeth)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Giles Fraser (Wadham College, University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">John Gray (University of London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Lewis Wolpert (University College, London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Azzam Tamimi (Director, Institute of Islamic Political Thought, London)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Ann Widdecombe (British Member of Parliament)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Shelina Janmohamed (Writer and Commentator on British Islam)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Julia Neuberger (Rabbi /Member of The House of Lords, UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Abdelwahab El-Affendi (Centre For The Study of Democracy, University of </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Westminister)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Imam Mohammed Yusuf Al-Hussaini (Interfaith Alliance)<o:p></o:p></span></p><br/><p class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Fraser Watts (Queen's College, University of Cambridge)</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Dax-Light; mmso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>>
Table of Contents
Introduction
AC Grayling
Giles Fraser
Rowan Williams
Lewis and Matthew Wolpert
Don Cuppit
Mohammed Al Husseini
Tariq Ramadan
John Gray
Alistair McGrath
Abdelwahab El Affendi
Richard Dawkins
Julia Neuberger
Fraser Watts
Azzam Tamimi
Anne Widdecombe
Karen Armstrong
Shelina JanmohamedJonathan Sacks