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Baker Publishing Group - Baker Books Pauline Theology as a Way of Life
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Baylor University Press Fertility and Faith
Book SynopsisMaps the demographic revolution that has taken hold of many countries around the globe in recent decades and explores the implications for the future development of the world's religions.Table of Contents Introduction 1. Fertility and Faith How Changes in Fertility Shape Religious Structures and Behavior Part 1 2. Europe's Revolution The Demographic Revolution Begins 3. Spiritual and Secular The Decline of Europe's Faith 4. The Revolution Goes Global New Patterns of Fertility and Faith Spread Rapidly around the World 5 The United States Between Two Worlds? Part 2 6. Africa High Fertility and Strong Faith 7. Two-Tier Islam Uneven Demographic Transitions 8. Go Forth and Divide Populism, Faith, and Fertility Conclusion 9. Living in a Low-Fertility World Can Religions Adapt to the New Society?
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SPCK - Kregel Jems Wild Winter
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Oxford University Press Inc Jihad What Everyone Needs to Know
Book SynopsisThe word "jihad" is ubiquitous in the global media. It generally appears in the context of violence waged against the West by militants in or from Muslim-majority societies. This usage overwhelmingly colors popular discourse about Islam and Muslims and it has resulted in a highly reductive, distorted, and ahistorical understanding of the concept of jihad. Asma Afsaruddin looks at the key questions about jihad and provides concise yet thorough answers. Jihad: WhatEveryone Needs to Know provides a historically-grounded, scholarly yet accessible treatment of jihad that explores its various dimensions from the formative period of Islam until the contemporary period.Trade ReviewAsma Afsaruddin's exciting, cogent and lucid exploration of the many spiritual meanings of 'jihad' for Muslim traditions should force a radical rethinking of this concept among journalists, officials, and thinking people in the North Atlantic world, where it has been misused and demonized in the service of a bigoted Islamophobia. * Juan Cole, author of Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires *A valuable addition to the ongoing discussions on jihad-thoughtfully crafted to benefit a broader readership that may be less acquainted with Islamic doctrines and ideas... Whether one is new to the subject or seeking a deeper scholarly analysis of the topic, this book is an indispensable resource. * Mohammad Amin Mansouri, Reading Religion *Table of ContentsAcknowledgment Introduction Chapter One: Jihad in the Quran and Commentary Literature Chapter Two: Jihad in the Hadith Literature Chapter Three: Jihad in the Legal Literature Chapter Four: Jihad in Morally Edifying, Ethical, and Mystical Literature Chapter Five: Jihad as Conceived by Modern Revolutionaries and Militants Chapter Six: Jihad in the Thought of Modern and Contemporary Mainstream Scholars Chapter Seven: Jihad as Non-Violent Struggle and Peacemaking Chapter Eight: Jihad and Its Perceptions in the West Bibliography Glossary Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Texts After Terror
Book SynopsisTexts after Terror offers an important new theory of rape and sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible. While the Bible is filled with stories of rape, scholarly approaches to sexual violence in the scriptures remain exhausted, dated, and in some cases even un-feminist, lagging far behind contemporary discourse about sexual violence and rape culture. Graybill responds to this disconnect by engaging contemporary conversations about rape culture, sexual violence, and #MeToo, arguing that rape and sexual violence - both in the Bible and in contemporary culture - are frequently fuzzy, messy, and icky, and that we need to take these features seriously. Texts after Terror offers a new framework informed by contemporary conversations about sexual violence, writings by victims and survivors, and feminist, queer, and affect theory. In addition, Graybill offers significant new readings of biblical rape stories, including Dinah (Gen. 34), Tamar (2 Sam. 13), Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11), Hagar (Gen. 16), Daughter Zion (Lam. 1-2), and the unnamed woman known as the Levite''s concubine (Judges 19). Texts after Terror urges feminist biblical scholars and readers of all sorts to take seriously sexual violence and rape, while also holding space for new ways of reading these texts that go beyond terror, considering what might come after.Trade ReviewThe volume moves beyond the usual feminist approaches to these stories and, as such, is bound to stimulate further discussion and reflection. * ERYL W. DAVIES, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *...this is a book pushes at the issues it raises in ways that linger, and that alone may commend it. * Sandra Gravett, Appalachian State University, Society of Biblical Literature *Her ultimate conclusion is compelling: feminist readings of texts should be seeking to find ways to contend with stories of sexual violence in the Bible rather than simply retelling difficult stories. * M. M. Veeneman, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8 *In Texts After Terror, Graybill models a way of reading biblical texts that honors and reveals their complexity, and provides the next generation of feminist scholars, and really all biblical readers, a way to continue to engage critically and authentically with many of the Bible's most disturbing narratives. * Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dean of List College and the Kekst Graduate School, The Jewish Theological Seminary *Texts after Terror is a daring and devastating tour de force — raising new questions, evoking new feelings, and proposing new relations for what else and what comes after multiple forms of sexual harm. With characteristic wit and anger, breadth and incision, brilliance and ambivalence, Rhiannon Graybill takes biblical interpretation beyond the depressingly low bar of consent toward other possibilities. Grappling with these texts and their violences requires staying with their manifest troubles and refusing their redemption or recuperation. In this and many other ways, Texts after Terror is as unsettling as it is indispensable. * Joseph Marchal, Professor of Religious Studies, Ball State University *Rhiannon Graybill shows herself a worthy inheritor of feminist biblical scholarship to build upon, poke holes in, push further, and complexify how rape tales have been read. Her "unhappy readings" of these tales take up feminist, queer, and strands of other theorization about sex, rape, rape culture, and power by reading through literature to situate the tales in the persistent misogyny that sadly still marks our own times. * Steed Vernyl Davidson, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, McCormick Theological Seminary *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Reading Sexual Violence 1. Fuzzy, Messy, Icky: How to Read a Rape Story 2. The Edges of Consent: Dinah, Tamar, and Lot's Daughters 3. Narrating Harm in the Bathsheba Story: Predation, Peremption, and Silence 4. Rape and Other Ways of Reading: Hagar and Sarah in the Company of Women 5. A Grittier Daughter Zion: Lamentations and the Archive of Rape Stories 6. Sad Stories and Unhappy Reading Conclusion: After Terror Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Iconoclasm
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Most academic art history considers the social and historical contexts of art-making, but Freedberg instead investigates emotional responses we are generally embarrassed to admit even to ourselves. . . . Freedberg argues that those who attack images do so because they find it hard to draw a line between image and reality. For protesters, ‘the broadly political act becomes allied with the idiosyncratic, neurotic one.’ Freedberg sees both iconoclasm and censorship as a way of repressing the irrational fear that an image might truly come alive. If you want to change the meaning of an image or the way it makes people feel or act, he suggests that you encourage people to reflect on their relationship to it." * London Review of Books *"Freedberg (Columbia Univ.) has devoted five decades to studying causes for the destruction of images, and this volume collects his essays on the subject, both classic and new. Over the decades, Freedberg's scholarly research has widened from iconoclastic activities in the 16th-century Netherlands to include Byzantine and Reformation practices and, most recently, the Middle East, South Africa, and the Confederate monument debacles in the US. As he weaves together his earlier essays with his most recent analyses, Freedberg confirms that this is not a topic for a single discipline. The complexity of iconoclasm and its ramifications needs to be multidisciplinary and should incorporate religious attitudes, theology, politics, social issues, gender studies, and economics. Every aspect of human activity is in some way affected by or affects iconoclasm, no matter whether it is acknowledged as iconophobia, aniconism, idolatry, or censorship or its motivation is religious, political, or something else. Read in tandem with Freedberg's now-classic The Power of Images (CH, Jan'90, 27-2517), which initiated the vocabulary of response as integral not simply to art history but also to the humanities and social studies, Iconoclasm illuminates the turmoil of contemporary events." * Choice *“Freedberg reminds us that the essence of iconoclasm does not consist in a radical refusal of images, as its destructive violence would have us think, but in the awareness of the centrality of images themselves.” * Il Foglio (translated from original Italian) *"Iconoclasm feels like a monument to the intellectual testimony of Freedberg. It is the result of a lifelong academic engagement with iconoclasm and art that has been going on for over fifty years. . . . The point that Freedberg convincingly makes throughout this book, that if we want to understand the value of images and art history we need to look at the destruction of art and images, is still as strong and exciting as fifty years ago." * Reading Religion *"A highly relevant collection of texts by a specialist in early modern and contemporary destruction of images. From the battles over images in the Reformation to 'cancel culture', Freedberg combines fresh thinking with deep expertise to address the renewed significance of his subject." * The Bookseller *“The moment for this book is now. Freedberg shows not just the relationship of past iconoclasm to current debates about what to do with monuments, but reveals the central paradox of our relationship to graven images: we are unable to stop ourselves giving a power and agency to what we know are pieces of stone, wood, or canvas. The deep recognition we find in these inanimate objects is at the root of our need to smash them to halt this recognition. Every example he describes brings new ideas to current questions.” -- William Kentridge, artist“Iconoclasm will become not only a classic in art and image destruction scholarship but also a must-read for every scholar interested in the field. Freedberg—the world authority on iconoclasm—questions his beliefs and rethinks what iconoclasm means for images in our current age of digital reproducibility. He draws attention to the relation between images, signs, and bodies, offering a fresh investigation of the role images play in our society.” -- José Antonio González Zarandona, author of Murujuga – Rock Art, Heritage and Landscape Iconoclasm“Long before image surpassed word in the battle for our hearts and minds in a virtual world, David Freedberg studied the fascinating, invasive phenomenon of iconoclasm. His visionary work changed the course of art history and visual studies, pointing our attention to our ambiguous relationship to art works, images, and the universal drive to both worship and destroy them. This sample of his very best analyses is nothing less than a must-read for everybody interested in the tremendous power of images and iconoclasm, from antiquity till now. Combining impressively broad scholarship with amazing writing, this book is literally an eye-opener.” -- Koenraad Jonckheere, author of Antwerp Art After Iconoclasm: Experiments in Decorum, 1566-1585
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MIT Press Person Thing Robot
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MIT Press The Morals of Life
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd On Christian Theology
Book Synopsis* Collects the work of a prominent writer and serving bishop on the history of Christian theology and spirituality. * Brings together Rowan Williamsa theological essays with studies of wider issues from a theological point of view. * Includes an introduction to his work by Bishop Williams. .Trade Review"I believe Rowan Williams is one of the most creative and profound theologians writing in the latter half of the twentieth century. There is extraordinary significance to bringing together many of these essays into one book which makes them available to a wider public." L. Gregory Jones, Duke University "A sustained and remarkably coherent essay on the daunting task of doing theology today. They again show him to be a theologian of immense erudition and maturity, and, perhaps more importantly, of fine sensitivity to the subterfuges of human frailty."Times Literary Supplement "It is certainly a thought-provoking book; and if it gets people thinking honestly and deeply about the problems it discusses, then I am sure its author will be satisfied." Church Times "Few contemporary theologians could offer such an exhilarating, authoritative and properly demanding exploration of what it means to do Christian theology. A companion volume on Christian ethics would be more than welcome." Nicholas Sagovsky, University of Newcastle. "Rowan Williams speaks out of a fund of learning and pastoral experience which has made him arguably the most distinguished theologian in the English-speaking world. In Williams' hands the language of finality and universal significance gains unexpected energy." The Way. "[On Christian Theology] exhibits a distinctive theological posture...having remarkable and deep internal coherence. His terms of engagement do not so much incite challenge and response as provoke fresh and more supple thinking of one's own. And that provocation is accompanied by the intense esthetic satisfaction of being drawn into the intellectual dance of so nimble and inventive a theological sensibility." David H. Kelsey, Yale Divinity School. "The range of these essays, the importance of the subjects they treat, and, of course, Williams's erudition all mean that these essays will need to be taken seriously. A wide range of readers will owe Williams a debt of gratitude for the scatter of characteristically brilliant insights in these essays." The Heythrop Journal "All in all, this is a valuable and stumulating book - one to which the reader will want to return." Studies in World ChristianityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface. Prologue. 1. Defining the Enterprise. Theological Integrity. The Unity of Christian Truth. The Judgement of the World. The Discipline of Scripture. 2. The Act of God. On Being Creatures. Beginning with the Incarnation. The Finality of Christ. Word and Spirit. 3. The Grammar of God. Trinity and Revelation. Trinity and Ontology. Trinity and Pluralism. 4. Making Signs. Between the Cherubim: the Empty Tomb and the Empty Throne. The Nature of a Sacrament. Sacraments of the New Society. 5. Living the Mystery. Incarnation and the Renewal of Community. Interiority and Epiphany: a Reading in New Testament Ethics. Resurrection and Peace: More on New Testament Ethics. 'Nobody Knows Who I Am Till the Judgement Morning'. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Religion in the Contemporary World
Book SynopsisIn the new edition of this widely praised text, Alan Aldridge examines the complex realities of religious belief, practice and institutions. Religion is a powerful and controversial force in the contemporary world, even in supposedly secular societies.Trade Review‘The new edition of Religion in the Contemporary World is a timely guide to the social significance of religion. It is comprehensive, clear and convincing. Alan Aldridge is to be congratulated for writing such a well informed and readable account of both the routine and the eye-catching aspects of religion in various regions of the world. From “cults” to civil religion, from secularization to state control, and from diversity to identity, the analysis of arguments and examples is challenging and shrewd. This is the sociology of religion at its best.’ James A. Beckford, University of Warwick ‘Aldridge provides an insightful and thoughtfully engaged discussion of the many varieties of religion in contemporary society. His smooth narrative and timely examples make religion come alive on the page and illuminate why it continues to be such a significant social force.’ Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire "This is a well-written and concise book and a thoughtful insight about the meaning and purpose of religion and religious belief for a contemporaneous and social society. This would be an important read for students and scholars interested in the sociological narrative and should certainly be a primary source of reference for those interested in why religion continues to hold its persuasive force." Benjamin Bury, BirminghamTable of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition viii Acknowledgements x 1 Defining Religion: Social Confl icts and Sociological Debates 1 Scientology: authentic religion or imposture? 3 Baha'i: world faith or apostasy? 7 Religion and the state 8 Advantages of being recognized as a religion 13 Disadvantages of status as a religion 17 Defining people as religious 20 Max Weber: on not defining religion 22 Émile Durkheim: defining religion sociologically 24 Contemporary sociological definitions of religion 26 A Wittgensteinian approach 30 Further reading 34 2 Secularization: The Social Insignifi cance of Religion? 35 Karl Marx and the projection theory of religion 35 Émile Durkheim and the social functions of religion 38 Max Weber and the disenchantment of the world 41 Defining secularization 49 Secularization from within 50 Decline of community 52 Marginalization of charisma 54 Cultural amnesia 56 Pluralization, relativism and consumer choice 57 Reason, rationality and science 59 A consensus on dystopia? 64 Further reading 64 3 Secularization Challenged: A New Paradigm? 66 A secularization theorist recants 66 A new paradigm 67 Voluntarism according to Talcott Parsons 69 The demand for religion: a rational choice? 73 The supply of religion: the benefi ts of competition? 75 Strict churches and free-riders 80 The Mormons: a new world faith? 83 Jehovah's Witnesses: overcoming the failure of prophecy 88 The new paradigm and the rise of the megachurches 91 The Pentecostals 93 Further reading 95 4 Dangerous Religions? Sects, Cults and Brainwashing 97 Classifying Christian movements 97 New religious movements 101 Dynamics of change 107 The rise of 'brainwashing' 115 Identifying potentially destructive movements 119 The fall of 'brainwashing' 126 Further reading 129 5 Dangerous Religions? Fundamentalism 131 Bible believers 132 Fundamentalism and monotheism 134 Features of fundamentalism 138 Islamophobia 142 Further reading 147 6 Civil Religion and Political Ritual 148 Ritual and social integration: the legacy of Durkheim 148 'In God We Trust': civil religion in the United States 149 The European Union: symbols of an unfi nished project 154 Symbolic division in society: the peace process in Northern Ireland 155 Political religion in an atheist society: the Soviet Union 157 Political religion and charismatic leadership: Nazi Germany 161 Character and society 163 Further reading 164 7 Gender and Sexuality 165 The subordination of women 165 Reclaiming the symbols of subordination 171 Gender-blind religions? 174 Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) identities 177 Further reading 179 8 The Spiritual Revolution 181 Georg Simmel: an alternative classical view 181 Believing without belonging 183 From religion to spirituality? 186 A new age? 191 Pagans 193 Religion online and online religion 195 Individualism and the crisis of religious authority 197 Religion in consumer society 203 Lived religion and sociological analysis 205 Further reading 206 9 The Challenge of Diversity 208 The debate about multiculturalism 208 French culture and the veiling of women 210 A clash of civilizations? 212 The challenge of diversity 214 Grassroots responses to diversity 220 Afterword: a culture war? 224 Further reading 226 References 227 Index 247
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Baker Publishing Group The Smart Stepfamily Marriage Keys to Success in
Book SynopsisUsing information from a national remarriage survey, leading experts show couples how to strengthen their new marriage and overcome common challenges.
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Baker Publishing Group Grace for the Good Girl Letting Go of the
Book SynopsisMany of us believe we are saved by grace--but for too many, that''s the last time grace defines our life. Instead of walking in grace every day, we strive to be good, believing that the Christian life means hard work with an unshakable good mood. When we fail to measure up to our own impossible standards, we hide behind our good-girl masks, determined to keep our weakness a secret.In Grace for the Good Girl, Emily P. Freeman invites women to let go of the try-hard life and realize that in Christ we are free to receive from him rather than constantly try to achieve for him. With an open hand and a whimsical style, Emily encourages women to move from hiding behind masks and do-good performances to the freedom of a life hidden with Christ in God.
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Baker Publishing Group Watchman Prayer
Book SynopsisIn this repackaged classic, Dutch Sheets issues a call for watchmen who, through strategic prayer and the Holy Spirit's leading, pray a perimeter of protection around their loved ones, their churches, cities and nations--while also unravelling the schemes of the devil. God's call still goes out for watchmen. Join your fellow believers in fervent prayer!
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Baker Publishing Group Messy Beautiful Friendship
Book SynopsisWomen long for deep and lasting friendships but often find them challenging to make. The private angst they feel regarding friendship often translates into their own insecurity and isolation. Christine Hoover offers women a fresh, biblical vision for friendship that allows for the messiness of our lives and the realities of our schedules. She shows women- what''s holding them back from developing satisfying friendships- how to make and deepen friendships - how to overcome insecurity, self-imposed isolation, and past hurts- how to embrace the people God has already placed in their lives as potential friends- and how to revel in the beauty and joy of everyday friendshipWith stories of real friendships and guidance drawn from Scripture, Hoover encourages women to intentionally and purposefully invest in one of the most rewarding relationships God has given us.
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SPCK - Kregel The Companion Bible
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SPCK - Kregel The Rhythm of Fractured Grace
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CLC Publications The Conquest of Canaan Warfare and Victory in the
Book SynopsisWarfare and Victory in the Christian Life.
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The Rota The Case of Allegiance
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University of Chicago Press Ethics and the Catechism of the Catholic Church
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Judaism For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Pronouncing Jewish Words 2 About the translations 3 Foolish Assumptions 4 How This Book Is Organized 5 Part 1: What Jews Generally Believe 5 Part 2: From Womb to Tomb: The Life Cycle 5 Part 3: An Overview of Jewish History 5 Part 4: Celebrations and Holy Days 5 Part 5: The Part of Tens 5 Part 6: Appendixes 6 Icons Used in This Book 6 Where to Go from Here 7 Part 1: What Jews Generally Believe 9 Chapter 1: That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish: Who’s a Jew and Why 11 The Jewish Tribe 12 What’s in a name? 12 Jews far and wide 13 Who decides if you’re Jewish? 13 After all, it’s a small world 14 Major Branches of the Tree 15 Orthodox Jews 16 Breakaway denominations 18 Guess Who Else Is Jewish 22 Chapter 2: It’s All One: Judaism and God 25 Pondering Jewish Beliefs about God 26 A religion of deed, not creed 26 Arguing with God 26 Where God is 27 Calling One God Many Names 27 What’s in a name? 28 The four-letter Name of God 28 The Singular Being hidden in the plural 28 God’s Own name 29 No end to the names of God 30 Looking behind the Name 30 God creates 31 God reveals 31 God redeems 33 Embarking on a Quest for Ultimate Reality 34 Chapter 3: A Never-Ending Torah: The Unfolding of a Tradition 35 Torah: The Light That Never Dims 35 The five books of Moses 36 The weekly readings 37 The TaNaKH: The Hebrew Bible 39 Nevi’im (“Prophets”) 39 Ketuvim (“Writings”) 39 The Haftarah 40 Interpreting the Bible 40 A Hidden Revolution: The Oral Torah 41 The law of the land: The Mishnah 41 The teachings explained: The Talmud 43 Telling stories: The midrash 45 The Expanding Torah 46 Chapter 4: A Path of Blessing: Judaism as a Daily Practice 47 Connecting With God and Community through Practice: The Mitzvot 48 613 habits of highly effective people 49 Women and mitzvot 50 The reasons for mitzvot 51 Connecting With God and Community through Blessings and Prayers 52 Private worship 53 The community worship service 54 Going to Synagogue 57 Four things you’ll find in every synagogue 57 Who’s who at shul 58 Following Jewish Dietary Laws: A Brief Guide to Kosher Food 60 The reasons behind kosher 62 OU means OK for most 63 Purifying the Spirit: Rites and Rituals 63 Dressing for God: Jewish Garments and Clothing Customs 64 The yarmulka 65 Fringes and shawls 66 You shall bind them as a sign: Laying tefillin 67 The Jewish Home 68 On every doorpost: The mezuzah 68 The candelabra extraordinaire: The menorah 69 So Go Now and Live 69 Chapter 5: Jewish Mysticism 71 Delving Into Jewish Mysticism 71 What mystics tend to believe 72 The Kabbalah 72 Taking a Magical Mystical Tour 74 Early mystical texts 74 Isaac Luria, Safed’s sage 76 Israel ben Eliezer, the good master 78 Going Above and Beyond: Jewish Meditation 79 Following Maps to Understanding: The Images and Symbols 81 The Tree of Life 81 The ten sefirot 84 The Four Worlds 87 The five levels of soul 88 Chapter 6: Ethical Challenges 91 Getting to the Heart of the Matter 92 The Golden Rule 92 Expressions of God 92 Tikkun olam 93 Charged to act 93 Meeting at the Intersection of Righteousness and Charity 94 Unraveling the Problem of the Other 96 Intra- and Interfaith Challenges 97 Embracing Our Sexuality 98 Mystical visions of sexual union 99 Birth control and abortion 99 Homosexuality 100 Prohibited relationships 100 Finding a Way to Peace 101 Breaking the cycle 101 Respecting Animals and the Environment 103 Bal Tashkhit: Do not destroy 104 Tza’ar ba’alei khayim: Treat living creatures with dignity 104 Striving for tikkun olam 105 Part 2: From Womb To Tomb: The Life Cycle 107 Chapter 7: In the Beginning: Birth and Bris 109 Making the Cut: Ritual Circumcision 110 Knowing who’s involved 110 Adhering to the rituals and ceremonies 111 Making the choice 112 Thanking God for Little Girls 114 Playing the Name Game 115 Buying Back the First Born 117 Chapter 8: Coming of Age: The Bar/Bat Mitzvah 119 Preparing for the Big Day 120 Celebrating the Bar/Bat Mitzvah 121 Reading from the Good Book 121 Speech! Speech! 122 A night to celebrate 123 Celebrating as a grown up 125 Confirming Your Beliefs 125 Chapter 9: Get Me to the Chuppah On Time: Weddings 127 Looking at the Origins of Jewish Marriage 127 Preparing for the Ceremony 128 Enjoying the Wedding 129 Raising the chuppah 130 Drinking the fruit of the vine 130 Exchanging the rings 131 Sharing the seven blessings 131 Breaking the glass 133 Putting it in writing 133 Enjoying sacred moments, before and after 134 Getting a Get: Divorce 135 Walking through a divorce 136 Encountering rare troubles 137 Chapter 10: Stepping Through the Valley: The Shadow of Death 139 Planning for Death 140 Writing an ethical will 140 Making final confessions 141 Reciting parting words 142 Arranging the Funeral 143 Returning to the earth 143 Preparing the body 144 Attending a funeral and burial 145 Observing the Mourning Period 147 The first week following a funeral 147 The first month and year 148 Saying Kaddish 149 Remembering the Dead 150 Part 3: An Overview of Jewish History 153 Chapter 11: Let My People Go: From Abraham to Exodus 155 The Genesis of a People 157 Beginnings of a Way 157 The next generation 158 Who gets blessed? 159 Wrestling with God 160 The Son Also Rises 161 Interpreting dreams 161 A dream comes true 163 The Enslavement and Exodus 163 A star is born 164 Are we there yet? 165 Entering the Promised Land 166 Chapter 12: The Kings of Israel: The First Temple 167 Finding the Right Guy to Be King 168 Continuing War and Peace 169 Enter David, stage left 169 Magic and mayhem 170 Living under the Lion of Judah 170 The Wisdom of Solomon 172 Building the Temple 172 Telling a Tale of Two Kingdoms 173 The Fall of the First Temple 174 Chapter 13: Bracketed by Exile: The Second Temple 177 Finding a Home away from Home 178 There’s no place like home 178 Building and rebuilding 178 It’s All Greek to Me 179 The ptol and short of it 179 The last emperor 180 A Parting of Ways 180 All Roads Lead to Rome 181 An Edifice Complex 182 Not one but many messiahs 182 Death and dismemberment 183 Sects and Violence 183 Chapter 14: The Exiles Continue: The First Millennium 185 Beware, the End Is Nigh! 186 Revolutions and messiahs 186 The raising of the Talmud 187 Running Out of Rome 188 Jews under Islam 189 Second class is better than no class 190 The rise of the Gaon 190 All that glitters is gold 191 Let My People Stay: Prosperity and Persecution 191 Turn the other cheek 192 Take the money and run 192 The Reign in Spain 194 No one expects the Spanish Inquisition 194 Christianity or bust 195 Chapter 15: The Greatest Horror, the Greatest Triumph 197 When Poland Was a Heartland 198 Four lands, one people 198 The Chmielnicki massacres 198 The Dawning of a New Age 199 The Enlightenment 199 The question of citizenship 200 Going Beyond the Pale 201 Responses to Enlightenment 201 Reform 202 To change or not to change 203 The Rise of Nationalism and Racism 203 The return of anti-Jewish policies 204 The pogroms 204 Getting Worse and Getting Out 205 Passage to Palestine 205 Close, but not quite there 206 Hitler’s rise to power 206 The Holocaust 207 Too little, too late 207 The war against the Jews 208 The death camps 209 The fall of the Third Reich 210 Founding a New Jewish State 211 Chapter 16: Jewish Buddhists and Other Challenges of the New Age 215 In the Shadow of the Holocaust 215 The Mixed Blessing of America 216 You will be assimilated 216 The choosing people 217 Jews as Spiritual Teachers of Other Traditions 218 I didn’t know Jews did that! 218 Finding parallels 219 The New Jewish Spirituality 219 Jew versus Jew versus Jew 220 Who is a Jew 221 Can’t we just work it out? 222 Considering the Future of Judaism 223 Chapter 17: The Problem of Anti-Semitism 225 Recounting the Incomprehensible 226 Fearing an Unknown Quantity: The Origins of Hate 227 Exploding Dangerous and False Beliefs 228 Belief #1: The Jews killed Jesus 228 Belief #2: There’s an international Jewish conspiracy 230 Belief #3: Jews practice ritual murder 230 Anti-Semitism in literature and art 231 From Religion to Race: Anti-Semitism in Modern Times 232 Israel and anti-Semitism 233 The color of anti-Semitism 233 Twenty-first century anti-Semitism 234 Toward Healing 235 Part 4: Celebrations and Holy Days 237 Chapter 18: A Taste of Paradise: Shabbat 239 Understanding Shabbat 240 Shabbat: Restriction or Relief? 240 Knowing what work to avoid 241 Discovering what’s enough 241 Redefining the rules 242 Doing what you can on Shabbat 243 Welcoming the Sabbath 243 Lighting the candles 244 Saying the blessings over family, wine, and bread 245 Eating the meal 248 Attending Shabbat evening services 251 Morning has broken 251 Bidding Farewell to Shabbat 252 Wine and candles 252 Sugar, spice, and everything nice 253 The Universal Aspects of Shabbat 255 Chapter 19: In with the New: Rosh Hashanah 257 A Day for Making Judgments 258 The Book of Life: Take two 259 Teshuvah: Getting back on track 260 The 40-Day Plan 260 The days of Elul 261 Preparations: S’lichot 261 Celebrating Rosh Hashanah 262 The Makhzor: The High Holy Day prayer book 264 Blowing your horn 265 Tashlikh 266 The Ten Days of Awe 267 Cleaning your spiritual house 267 Kapparot 268 Real Beginnings Mean Real Changes 269 Chapter 20: Getting Serious: Yom Kippur 271 Yom Kippur Means Always Having to Say You’re Sorry 272 Seeking forgiveness from God 272 Repenting 272 Celebrating Yom Kippur 274 Fasting, but not quickly 274 Taking a long day’s journey 275 Preparing for Yom Kippur 276 Considering the Kol Nidre: The evening service 277 Reading and kneeling 279 Honoring the Light of Yom Kippur 281 Chapter 21: The Great Outdoors: Sukkot 283 A Jewish Thanksgiving 283 Giving thanks 284 Getting outdoorsy: Building a sukkah 284 How to Sukkot 285 A sukkah born every minute 285 Waving the lulav and etrog 287 Sh’mini Atzeret 290 Simkhat Torah 290 Chapter 22: Seeking Light in Dark Times: Chanukkah 293 Shining a Light on the Darkest Night 293 The Good Fight: What Chanukkah Celebrates 294 The two books of the Maccabees 294 Judah puts the hammer down 295 The story of the oil miracle 295 The Maccabees get their due 296 Embracing Chanukkah Customs 296 Lighting the candles 298 Blessings for the moment 299 Remembering the oil: Yummy fried foods 299 Spinning the dreidel 301 To gift, or not to gift 302 Receiving the Real Gift of Chanukkah: Personal Renewal 302 Chapter 23: Celebrating Renewal: Tu B’Shvat 305 Tithing Fruits of Land and Spirit 305 A Seder of Fruit and Wine 306 Try This at Home 307 Enlightened Gardeners 308 An Ever-Living Tree 308 Chapter 24: A Jewish Carnival: Purim 309 Purim: Based on a True Story (Sort Of) 309 It all starts with a banished queen 310 Enter Esther, stage left 310 Enter Haman, stage right 310 Haman’s big mistake 311 The final battle 312 Why Purim Survived 312 The persistence of persecution 313 Within you and without you 313 Bang a Gong: Celebrating Purim 313 Reading the Book of Esther — the whole megillah 315 Partying and playing dress up 315 Giving the gift of sweets 316 Remembering the poor 318 Other traditions: The Fast of Esther 318 Bringing Darkness to Light 318 Chapter 25: From Groan to Glee: Passover 319 Looking at the Reasons behind Passover 320 Edible Do’s and Don’ts 321 Kosher for Passover 321 The symbolism of Passover restrictions 322 First Things First: Preparing for Passover 323 Cleaning out the khametz 323 Giving to charity at Passover time 325 The Seder: As Easy as 1, 2, 3 325 The haggadah: Seder’s little instruction booklet 326 Look who’s coming to dinner 326 The prepared table 327 Steps of the seder 333 New traditions: Miriam’s Cup 338 A Time to Think about Freedom 339 It’s all about choice 340 Dayenu: So much gratitude 340 It’s Not Over till It’s Omer 341 Agricultural roots 341 The magical, mystical seven 342 Yom Ha-Shoah 343 Israeli Independence Day 343 Lag B’Omer 343 The Universal Themes in Passover 344 Chapter 26: Spring Is Busting Out All Over: Shavuot 345 The Ideas Behind Shavuot 346 Receiving the Torah 346 Meeting at Sinai 346 Tune in today! 347 Go tell it on the mountain 347 Telling stories 348 Searching for New Rituals 349 Pulling the mystical all-nighter 350 Deck the halls 351 Got milk? 351 Reading Ruth 354 Nontraditional traditions 355 Rewakening 356 Chapter 27: A Day of Mourning: Tisha B’Av 357 Fasting, Reading, and Reflecting 358 Today’s Tisha B’Av 359 Tu B’Av: Releasing into Joy 360 Part 5: The Part of Tens 361 Chapter 28: Ten People Who Helped Shape Judaism 363 Hillel 364 Rashi 364 Maimonides 365 Joseph Caro 365 Isaac Luria 366 Ba’al Shem Tov 367 Henrietta Szold 367 Abraham Isaac Kook 368 Martin Buber 369 Abraham Joshua Heschel 369 Chapter 29: Answers to Ten Common Questions about Judaism 371 Why Don’t Jews Believe in Jesus? 371 What Does It Mean to Be the “Chosen” People? 372 Why Is Israel So Important to the Jews? 372 Why Are So Many Doctors, Lawyers, and Entertainers Jewish? 373 What Is the Role of Women in Judaism? 374 What Is “Jewish Humor”? 375 Self-examination: Try it at home! 375 Dress British, think Yiddish 378 What Role Does Music Play in Jewish Culture? 378 Who’s In Charge of Judaism? 379 Can You Convert to Judaism? 380 What’s the Relationship Between Judaism and Islam? 381 Part 6: Appendixes 383 Appendix A: Oy Vey! and Other Words You Should Know 385 A Primer of Basic Words 385 Yiddish, Yinglish, Oy! 389 Appendix B: A Sampler of Jewish Prayers and Blessings 397 The Central Focus: Sh’ma and V’ahavta 398 First Thing in the Morning 398 Last Thing at Night 399 Various, Sundry, and Otherwise Useful Blessings 399 Blessings for food 400 Blessings making moments special 402 Blessings for ritual acts 403 Blessings as reminders and as teachers 404 Appendix C: Go Now and Learn 405 Books for The People of the Book 405 On the Newsstand 407 Some Jewish Organizations 407 Education and social action 408 Charities 408 Judaism on the Web 409 Index 411
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