| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 391 pages) |
| Contents |
Soul: Thoughts on the inward journey. Neo-Hasidism: A Judaism for monists -- How I practice Judaism-and why -- How I pray -- Barukh Atah: Reflections on the prayer book -- The seeker returns -- All about being human: The commandment to remember -- Judaism as a path of love -- Year: On the Jewish calendar. Seasons: A reflection on the Jewish year -- Shabbata: A new introduction -- Rosh Hashanah: A season of rebirth -- Yom Kippur: Learning to respond -- Sukkot: Dwelling in God's shade -- Simhat Torah: The word as tree of life -- Hanukkah: All about the light -- Purim: Living in an upside-down world -- Pesaḥ: Some questions of my own -- Shavu'ot: Speaking in thunder -- Tish'ah be-Av: Struggles with sacred space -- World: Living in God's creation. Creation: Awakening to God's world -- Religion and environmental responsibility: An address to Jews and Christians -- Judaism as countereculture -- Wandering Jews -- Scholarship is not enough -- Dear brothers and sisters: A letter to Israelis -- American Jews after Pittsburgh ... an Monsey ... and ... : Where do we stand? -- Jewish mysticism and its healing power -- My own Jewish education: A memoir -- My rabbinate: A fiftieth-anniversary reflection -- Pilgrimage 2019. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
An internationally recognized scholar and theologian shares a Jewish mysticism for our times. |
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Judaism, one of the world's great spiritual traditions, is not addressed to Jews alone. In this masterful book, Arthur Green calls out to seekers of all sorts, offering a universal response to the eternal human questions of who we are, why we exist, where we are going, and how to live. Drawing on over half a century as a Jewish seeker and teacher, he shows us a Judaism that cultivates the life of the spirit, that inspires an inward journey leading precisely toward self-transcendence, to an awareness of the universal Self in whose presence we exist. As a neo-hasidic seeker, he is both devotional and boldly questioning in his understanding of God and tradition. Engaging with the mystical sources, he translates the insights of the Hasidic masters into a new religious language accessible to all those eager to build an inner life and a human society that treasures the divine spark in each person and throughout Creation. -- publisher's website. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Judaism -- 21st century.
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Spiritual life -- Judaism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History. |
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Judaism |
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Spiritual life -- Judaism |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Green, Arthur, 1941- Judaism for the world. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] 9780300249989 (DLC) 2020933184 (OCoLC)1141519845 |
| ISBN |
9780300256000 electronic book |
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0300256000 electronic book |
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9780300249989 hardcover |
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