Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

From the Archives | Elie Wiesel, The God Factor Interview

"No faith is as pure as a wounded faith." Faith, doubt, suffering, injustice, and the presence of God. From my conversations with the late Nobel Laureate from his chapter in my book "The God Factor"

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Cathleen Falsani
Jan 27, 2023
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Elie Wiesel at the TIME 100 gala in New York City, 2012. Fair use photo by David Shankbone.

“What was he like?” a number of friends asked me after my first meeting with Professor Elie Wiesel at a Chicago synagogue a few weeks after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“It was like sitting with God,” I told them.

I’m not really sure what I meant, but …

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