The Reluctant JewAuthorHouse, 2 de mar. de 2007 - 376 páginas Even if you are agnostic or hard-core atheist there is a dazzling, thought-expanding, bright side to religion you may have overlooked. Living a spiritual life in the tradition of the Jewish faith, does not mean mindless adherence to outdated dogma. Judaism, instead, can be a source of exhilarating wonder, an inspiration to justice, and an impetus to ever increasing knowledge. Nowadays, even many who profess to be the most pious among us realize that when asked, What is God?, they must answer logically, even scientifically, to be persuasive. Theyre aware that any religion, to be convincing, other than to die-hard adherents, can not be at odds with reason and blindly insist only it speaks the truth. The field, therefore, is wide open. Each of us can attempt to journey towards a concept of God that makes sense, celebrates the discoveries of science, and will, hopefully, imbue the traveler with wonderment at the astonishing beauty in the world that too often lays hidden from us. Join Michael Grossman in his journey to the heart of Judaism, which places much more emphasis on "what people do" than on "what they believe," and in the process, an understanding of all the worlds great faiths. |
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... ancient conquerors to survive intact into modern times — is intensely passionate. I go to sleep and wake up telling myself the story over and over again. In my dreams, I walk with Samson. Maybe in part, because I'm a lawyer, I've found ...
... ancient oppressors – Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Roman – to survive whole and undaunted, still what we were then, into this century. We experienced those civilizations firsthand and their histories became part of ...
... ancient homeland. But we Jews are not just a people; we bring to the fore our religion stretching back more than four millennia. From the early monotheism of Abraham arose Judaism and then, Christianity and Islam. Today, more than half ...
... ancients did. Fortunately, there's room in Judaism for a thousand points of view. There'd better be. As the joke goes: Ask two Jews the same question and how many responses will you get? Answer: “Keep counting.” And when asked: “Do you ...
... ancient or modern, from the very first one to the very last. He was, in short, an amazing teacher. He was better than any of my college or law school professors had been. There was nothing in history I could ask him that he didn't know ...