Where
God Was Born
by Bruce Feiler
Many of us have read or seen the PBS televised presentation of Bruce Feiler’s Walking the Bible and found ourselves enchanted with the people and places we encountered on that epic journey. In his newest work, Where God Was Born, Feiler makes a re-visit of the same familiar Bible places, but with the tragedy of September 11, 2001 and the ensuing war in Afghanistan and Iraq as a backdrop.
In this book, you will encounter many times and places where the author visits with Christians, Jews, Muslims, soldiers, Bedouins, and Zoroastrians all with a common question, “Can the various religious faiths of the world learn to co-exist – and how is it possible?”
I know that a secret to writing a good book review is to never give away a surprise that a book might contain – however, I think that it is important for you to know what kind of book you may be getting into. A paragraph from the inside book cover sums up what readers can expect in Where God Was Born. “…Feiler discovers that at the birth of Western religion, all faiths drew from one another and were open to co-existence. Feiler’s bold realization is that the Bible argues for interfaith harmony. It cannot be ceded to one side in the debate over values. Feiler urges moderates to take back the Bible and use its powerful voice as a beacon of shared ideals.”
What will make you want to read this book is to learn what the Imams and Rabbis said exactly to Feiler about how it is possible for the religions of the world to get along. One of our St. Simeon groups has been studying this book this year with great success. Perhaps you’d like to read for yourself this tremendously encouraging and optimistic book. Look for it in our church library or order it below.
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