When the President Blurbs Your Book ...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
I'm going to have a lot more to say about this later, but suffice it to say that we're all still abuzz around here about this unexpected bouquet I received from the White House yesterday.
February 12, 2007 INTERVIEW OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
BY STEVE SCULLY, C-SPAN
Q And, finally, what books are you reading these days?
THE PRESIDENT: 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.
Update: And one consequence already. C-SPAN's BookTV is going to reair a Booknotes interview I did with Brian Lamb a few years back about ABRAHAM this Saturday, February 17th, at 2:30 PM EST.
Please check back for more news about this soon!
Labels: Bruce in the Media, Interfaith Relations
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Let's hope this is the start of a trend and Jimmy Carter will read this book...
I have been a fan of yours for over 6 hours now.
I have been thinking about ways to tie all world religions together and have had some success. I am a self read author and so my work has had little impact.
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