In God's Name : Wisdom from the World's Great Spiritual Leaders

By Gedeon Naudet

Who is God? What is death? What is worth dying for? How do you explain fanaticism and violence waged in the name of God? Candid responses and profound comments by the world's great spiritual leaders are accompanied by magnificent, never-before-published images of these wise men and women, as well as ordinary people engaged in religious practices around the world. Their voices span geographical and theological distances yet come together to create a spiritually satisfying and meaningful worldview. Luminaries such as the Dalai Lama, Pope Benedict XVI, the Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, and the Archbishop of Canterbury appear alongside leaders in the Shinto, Hindu, and Sikh communities. Heads of the Christian and Muslim faiths are represented, including Catholic, Lutheran, Southern Baptist, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Shiite, and Sunni. Each leader's first-person account of his or her spiritual path is illustrated with powerful photographs of private and public moments. Gracefully interspersed with the photographs are the thoughtful answers to the questions posed by the Naudet brothers, who gained unprecedented access to these world spiritual leaders following their prizewinning documentary film 9/11. Timed for Easter and Passover, In God's Name offers readers a rare opportunity to know 12 of the most holy people alive today and to read their answers to eternal questions of life and death, war and peace, doubt and belief, and the nature of God.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0082M4GW6
• ISBN13: 9781426203718
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Good

This book is good. The pictures are well done. There are some interesting and insightful quotes. I was expecting more information about each person or what they represent, but it is already a lengthy book. Great introduction on these people/topics for a church library.

Photographs and Quotations from Spiritual Leaders

In God's Name: Wisdom From the World's Great Spiritual Leaders brings together various leaders from a wide spectrum of religious traditions who attempt to answer meaningful questions about God, life, death, happiness, and religious tolerance. Conducted by National Geographical, the book speaks more through its photographs than the text printed on the page. The text itself is comprised of quotations from the spiritual leaders that span in length from a sentence to a few pages. At the end of the book there is a section which gives a short one-page description of each of the religions/denominations represented in the book: Buddhism, Anglicanism, Hinduism, Islam (Shiite and Sunni), Judaism, Lutheranism, Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Shinto, Sikhism, and Southern Baptist Christianity. The greatest achievement of the book, however, is its appearance. It has a cloth spine with gilt design and silver lettering, nice endpapers, and 272 pages of high quality gloss paper. No dust jacket. Most will probably appreciate it for its full-color photographs.

Beautiful Photographs

This is an absolutely gorgeous book and a wonderful gift for anyone interested in religion. The photographs are amazing and I feel as if I also traveled to India, Rome, and Moscow to meet the Pope and the Dalai Lama alongside the authors.