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 Living a spiritual life in the tradition of the Jewish faith, does not mean mindless adherence to outdated dogma.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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... religion. Anyone who approached me telling Old Testament stories or worse, quoting cute little Biblical passages, I looked upon as a narrow-minded idiot and bigot. I had absolutely no respect for the local rabbis or ministers, and felt ...
... religion stretching back more than four millennia. From the early monotheism of Abraham arose Judaism and then, Christianity and Islam. Today, more than half the earth's population — nearly three and a half billion people — follow those ...
... religion. In fact, much of the material in this book draws upon the forty-six articles I wrote for our synagogue newsletter, From the Lakeside, during my tenure. Many of those articles were historical and some dealt with Friday night ...
... Religion in Manhattan and not yet, officially, a rabbi. His technical title with JCC was “religious director,” but everyone called him Rabbi out of respect. He had, however, at least two more years of schooling to finish before ...
... religion and Jewish history. I searched around frantically for some general books about Jews to study, in preparation for my upcoming adult ed. class, so I wouldn't look like an idiot. The most advanced one I could deal with was ...