Why Faith Matters [Paperback]

InWhy Faith Matters,Rabbi David J. Wolpe blends the powerful personal story of his struggles with his own faith with a poignant response to the new atheists that reveals just how important faith in modern society. With a foreword by Rick Warren,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Purpose Driven Life, Why Faith Mattersis anarticulate and much-needed nondenominational defense of established religion in America by the manNewsweekmagazine named the #1 Pulpit Rabbi in America.

Why Faith Mattersis an articulate defense of religion in America. It makes the case for faith and shows its relationship to history and science. Refuting the cold reason of atheists and the hatred of fanatics with a vision of religion informed by faith, love, and understanding, Rabbi David J. Wolpe follows in a literary tradition that stretches from Cardinal Newman to C. S. Lewis to Thomas Merton—individuals of faith who brought religion and culture together in their own works. Wolpe takes readers through the origins and nature of faith, the role of the Bible in modern life, and the compatibility of God and science, concluding with a powerful argument for the place of God, faith, and religion in today's world.