As usual, when I need a book to recommend I turn to the president. First it was Camus, now this time, another tome of cultural breadth, Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler (that’s us). The president elaborated Monday in an interview aired on C-SPAN:
“Well, I just finished a book called Abraham by a guy named Feiler. And it’s a really interesting book that studies the prophet Abraham from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim perspective. And the lesson is, is that if you — you can look at Abraham as a unifying factor. In other words, all three of our — all three of those religions started from the same source, which means it’s possible to reconcile differences. And I was impressed by his writing. I really enjoyed the amount of study he did on the subject. And I appreciated his lessons that sometimes as each religion appropriated Abraham to suit their own needs, but, ultimately, we could view Abraham as a way to find a common God.”
(via Shelf Awareness)
