Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

Jewish Spirituality (eBook, ePUB)

A Brief Introduction for Christians

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A window into the Jewish soul-written especially for Christians.

"I invite you to explore with me some of the rich and varied expressions of the Jewish spiritual imagination. It is a tradition that may at times, for Christians, feel strangely familiar and will, for Christians and Jews, always challenge you to see yourself and your world through a new lens."
-from the Introduction

Jewish spirituality is an approach to life that encourages us to become aware of God's presence and purpose, even in unlikely places. "This world and everything in it is a manifestation of God's presence," says Rabbi Lawrence Kushner. "Our challenge and goal is to find it and then act in such a way as to help others find it too."

In this special book, Kushner guides Christians through the rich wisdom of Jewish spirituality. He tailors his unique style to address Christians' questions, and, in doing so, opens new windows on their own faith.

Jewish Spirituality is a window into the Jewish soul that people of all faiths can understand and enjoy. From the Talmud and Torah, to "repentence" (teshuva) and "repairing the world" (tikkun olam), Kushner shows all of us how we can use the fundamentals of Jewish spirituality to enrich our own lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781580235419
• Artikelnr.: 38327088

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Lawrence Kushner is one of the most widely read authors by people of all faiths on Jewish spiritual life. He is the best-selling author of such books as Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary; God Was in This Place & I, i Did Not Know: Finding Self, Spirituality and Ultimate Meaning; Honey from the Rock: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism; The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet; The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness; The Book of Words: Talking Spiritual Life, Living Spiritual Talk; Eyes Remade for Wonder: A Lawrence Kushner Reader; I'm God, You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion and other Disguises of the Ego; Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians; The River of Light: Jewish Mystical Awareness; The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition; and co-author of Because Nothing Looks Like God; How Does God Make Things Happen?; Where Is God?; What Does God Look Like?; and In God's Hands. He is the Emanu-El Scholar at San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El and an adjunct professor of Jewish mysticism and spirituality at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Rabbi Lawrence Kushner is available to speak on the following topics:

. Jewish Mystical Imagination

. Rymanover's Silent Aleph: What Really Happened on Sinai

. Zohar on Romance and Revelation

. What Makes Kabbalah Kabbalah

. Sacred Stories of the Ordinary: When God Makes a Surprise Appearance in Everyday Life

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Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: Creation
1 Opening Your Eyes 19
2 Paying Attention 23
3 One Hidden Everywhere 27
4 Everything Is Connected 31
Part Two: Torah
5 A Blueprint for Creation 37
6 The Silence of Sinai 41
7 Infinite Understanding 45
8 Orchard of Words 49
Part Three: Commandment
9 Doing & Understanding
10 Repairing the World
11 The Hands of God
12 Drawing Close
Part Four: The Holy One
13 The Self of the Universe
14 The Whirlwind
15 Praying God's Prayers
16 Being Here
17 Returning Home
Afterword
Suggestions for Further Reading