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Title: Think a Second Time by Dennis Prager ISBN: 0-06-098709-X Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 09 October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Morally Intelligent with Incredible Insight
Comment: Truly one of the best books I have read in YEARS! Even if you are like me, and think most issues are pretty black and white, and you know where the line is drawn, Dennis Prager will make you think a second time.
With powerful insight into many moral and social issues of today, this book made me rethink positions I once would have thought impossible to budge. Further, he demonstrates why knowing what is right, and living those truths is so important. This book made me think, and it made me pray, and it has likely made me a better person for reading it.
One might find fault with Mr. Prager's use of Talmudic Law in support of his positions, if one is not a Jew or familiar with the faith. As a Christian, I did not find that to be a stumbing block, but instead, an opportunity to expand my understanding and sensitivities. I respect Mr. Prager for being a man of faith, and for walking in the light of his faith (not merely wearing the religion, but embodying it.) This made his work MORE powerful, MORE honest, and certainly MORE significant to me than it could have been without this faith-based support.
I have liked Dennis Prager on television, but I admire Dennis Prager now, for having read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ethical monotheism made thought-provoking
Comment: Dennis Prager sets himself two closely related tasks in this volume: to provoke his readers to "think a second time" about matters we may have taken for granted, and to prod us to care more about ethical behavior than we do about pretty much anything else. He succeeds at both jobs.
Prager's basic contention is that ethical monotheism is the necessary foundation of all moral thought and practice. While ethical monotheism was revealed to and through the Jewish people, it does not demand that everybody in the world convert to Judaism; however, Jewish thought has traditionally set aside a group of ethical laws (called the "Noahide laws") which are binding on all humankind. (Here he is of course on very solid ground.)
Throughout this work, Prager -- who describes himself as a "passionate moderate" -- applies the insights of traditional, historic Judaism to a host of pertinent social issues, thinking the issues through carefully and insightfully to sometimes surprising conclusions.
I won't discuss his conclusions in this review because that would undermine one of Prager's purposes in writing the book in the first place. Having spent so many years working in the media, he's not expecting many (or even any) of his readers to agree with him about everything; though of course he is committed to his own particular conclusions, what he _most_ wants to do here is to stimulate thought and debate.
He's good at it, so I'm going to leave that job to him. If you want to know what he thinks -- or, more importantly, _how_ he thinks -- you're just going to have to read the book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Engaging and thought-provoking...
Comment: Awhile back, my father and I attended a fundraising dinner for a local organization in which the keynote speaker was Dennis Prager. This was essentially my first exposure to this gem of a human being and guide unto many. How else can I put it: I was, and still am, enthralled by him. Since then, I have listened to his radio show and have begun to read his articles and books. In Think a Second Time, we read 44 essays covering 44 distinct subjects, in which we are indeed forced to "think a second time". While I certainly don't agree with all of what Prager presents and the conclusions he reaches in certain areas, his arguments are all engaging and well thought out. I previously have never found such convincing arguments in favor of capital punishment before reading this work. I laughed out loud several times when reading Prager's dictionary exposing the true implications of liberal terminology. I appreciated the chapter dealing with religion potentially making a person cruel along with the transcription of Prager's radio conversation with Isaac, a caller to the show, dealing with the evil massacre of Baruch Goldstein in 1994. Today, when many distort and pervert religion to carry out evil, it becomes more imperative than ever to condemn such acts in the strongest of terms. This is especially true within the Orthodox Jewish community in which there are tragically those that laud Goldstein's deplorable act. Prager's conversation with Isaac brings much needed moral clarity in this area. Of note, another chapter particularly illuminating was that dealing with faith in G-d after the Holocaust. Enough said of this outstanding work. Seek it and read it for yourself. You will most certainly be glad you did.
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Title: Happiness Is a Serious Problem : A Human Nature Repair Manual by Dennis Prager ISBN: 0060987359 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Why the Jews? The Reason for Antisemitism by Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin ISBN: 0743246209 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism by Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin ISBN: 0671622617 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 21 April, 1986 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: In, But Not Of : A Guide to Christian Ambition by Hugh Hewitt ISBN: 0785263950 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: 10 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: The Ten Commandments of Character: Essential Advice for Living an Honorable, Ethical, Honest Life by JOSEPH TELUSHKIN ISBN: 1400045096 Publisher: Harmony/Bell Tower Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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