Dhl Artson

Renewing the Process of Creation (eBook, ePUB)

A Jewish Integration of Science and Spirit

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Chaos becoming cosmos-we are participants and recipients in its meaning and marvels. ''Human beings and our ancestors have been meaning seekers and meaning makers even before our most ancient beginnings. And at the start of that search are these questions: Why is there something rather than nothing? Why is the world comprehensible at all? Where did we come from? Do we belong?''-from the Introduction. In this daring blend of Jewish theology, science and Process Thought, theologian Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson fleshes out an appreciation of creation in the light of science that allows us to articulate a deeper sense of space and time and the wonders of being alive. He explores the ethical and moral implications of humanity's role as steward and partner in creation, as well as how the recognition of land as holy-the Earth in general and Israel in particular-enables a religious discipline of blessing and gratitude that makes it possible for life to blossom. Exciting and accessible for Jews and non-Jews seeking to reconcile their spirituality and modern science, as well as anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the meaning of creation made possible by Judaism and Process Thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781580238489
• Artikelnr.: 49988682

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL, (www.bradartson.com) an inspiring speaker and educator, holds the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is vice president of American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is a member of the philosophy department, supervises the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program and mentors Camp Ramah in California. He is also dean of Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam, Germany, ordaining rabbis for the European Union. A regular columnist for the Huffington Post, he is author of many articles and books, including Renewing the Process of Creation: A Jewish Integration of Science and Spirit; God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology and Passing Life's Tests: Spiritual Reflections on the Trial of Abraham, the Binding of Isaac (all Jewish Lights).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Creation in Process
Part I. The Sciences of Creation
1. Science and Creation: What Are We Seeking?
2. Cosmology and Physics: A Dynamic, Emerging Universe
3. Biology and Evolution: Everyone's Family!
4. Emergence, Fine-Tuning, and the Anthropic Principle: An Unlikely World
That Fits Us Perfectly!
5. A Copernican Proposal: Natural Events and Their Emergent Patterns
Part II. Creation Theology in the Light of Science
6. Dynamic Universe: Self-Determining at Every Level
7. Freedom and Agency-Creatures' and Creator's: Everything Participates in
Choosing the Future
8. To Life! A Cosmic Dayenu
Part III. Creation in Space and Time
9. Vibrating over the Face of the Deep: Continuous Creation and Jewish
Faithfulness
10. Marking Time: The Jewish Calendar as a Prism on Creation
Part IV. Creation Ethics
11. Life as Good, Earth as Home
12. The Path of Stewardship: Humanity's Relationship toward the Earth
13. Beyond Stewardship: A Partnership Celebrating Biodiversity
14. Creation and Death: Joining the Cycle of Life
Part V. Locating Ourselves: Israel and the World
15. Territory without Map: The Sanctity of Soil
16. The Earth Is the Holy One's: Blessings for Food
17. Responsibility for Our "Place": The Earth Is in Our Hands
Conclusion: Clay in the Potter's Hands-Telling the Creation Story from the
Inside
Acknowledgments
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading