Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

After stepping down as Chief Rabbi of the UK and Commonwealth in 2013, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks became an increasingly well-known speaker, respected moral voice and writer. He authored more than 30 books, including Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence and Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times.

Granted a seat in the British House of Lords in 2009 and the winner of the 2016 Templeton Prize, Rabbi Lord Sacks was a key Jewish voice for universalism and an embrace of tolerance between religions and cultures. He rejected the "politics of anger" brought about by the way "we have acted as if markets can function without morals, international corporations without social responsibility and economic systems without regard to their effect on the people left stranded by the shifting tide." He also saw, as a key idea for faith in our times, that unity in heaven creates diversity on Earth.