{"product_id":"the-spirit-of-renewal-finding-faith-after-the-holocaust-9781683364405","title":"The Spirit of Renewal: Finding Faith after the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModernity has provided more than enough                 reason to give up believing in holiness, still we have learned                 that to give up the struggle to achieve it means that we become                 less human. As we leave the twentieth century, we discover new                 reasons to return to old faith. We rediscover an urgent need to                 defend the sacred, even as our understanding differs from our                 ancestors. We choose not to retreat from the world, but to                 struggle within it, to stain ourselves with sin even as we seek                 to establish the good.  —from Chapter 13,                 “Humanity”              The cataclysm of the Holocaust seems to                 forbid speech. Yet even in the heart of that darkness, sparks                 of sacredness were kept alive. From these sparks, Rabbi Edward                 Feld suggests, Jews and others can renew a faith and find a                 language that recovers the holy even after experiencing the                 reign of a Kingdom of Night unimaginable to previous                 generations.              In a voice that is engaging, often poetic,                 Rabbi Edward Feld helps the modern reader understand events                 that span almost 4,000 years of the history of Judaism and the                 Jewish people. With rare clarity, insight, and gentleness, he                 offers a thought-provoking yet accessible study of the way                 tragedy has shaped Jewish history and the self-understanding of                 Jews.              The Spirit of Renewal explores four key events that reshaped religious                 expression, two ancient and two modern: the Babylonian exile;                 the Bar Kochba revolution; the Holocaust; and the establishment                 of the State of Israel.              The Spirit of Renewal shows how, even under the most traumatic of                 circumstances, Judaism survives, renewing itself and                 flourishing again. This profound and wise meditation opens the                 way to a powerful new understanding of the nature of God and                 the spiritual life.","brand":"Turner Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360026526039,"sku":"9781683364405","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781683364405.jpg?v=1754126439","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-spirit-of-renewal-finding-faith-after-the-holocaust-9781683364405","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}