Crisis And Covenant

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Covenants
ISBN : 0719042038

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Crisis and Covenant by Jonathan Sacks Pdf

Discusses various issues in contemporary Jewish theology. Ch. 2 (p. 25-53), "The Valley of the Shadow", is dedicated to the theological interpretation of the Holocaust. The Holocaust poses several problems to Jewish thought: Is God present in the post-Auschwitz world? Did the Holocaust renew the Covenant or did it survive intact? May the Holocaust be interpreted in terms of punishment, or is its meaning different, maybe inexplicable, in the extant categories of human ethics? May the Holocaust be regarded as a necessary transitional point on the way to the Jewish state? What lessons may be extracted from the Holocaust? Presents various solutions of modern-day Jewish theologians. Argues that the only lesson of the Holocaust is the reality of a common Jewish fate.

Author : Maude Barlow
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781595586377

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Blue Covenant by Maude Barlow Pdf

A cautionary account of climate change and the global water supply. “You will not turn on the tap in the same way after reading this book.” —Robert Redford In a book hailed by Publishers Weekly as a “passionate plea for access-to-water activism,” Blue Covenant addresses an environmental crisis that—together with global warming—poses one of the gravest threats to our survival. How did the world’s most vital resource become imperiled? And what must we do to pull back from the brink? In “stark and nearly devastating prose”, world-renowned activist and bestselling author Maude Barlow—who is featured in the acclaimed documentary Flow—discusses the state of the world’s water. Barlow examines how water companies are reaping vast profits from declining supplies, and how ordinary people from around the world have banded together to reclaim the public’s right to clean water, creating a grassroots global water justice movement. While tracing the history of international battles for the right to water, she documents the life-and-death stakes involved in the fight and lays out the actions that we as global citizens must take to secure a water-just world for all (Booklist). “Sounds the water alarm with conviction and authority.” —Kirkus Reviews “This book proves that water deserves another destiny.” —Eduardo Galeano “Blue Covenant will inspire civil society movements around the world.” —Vandana Shiva

Author : Ralph Peil,Scott Stripling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950566234

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The Power of Covenant in Times of Crisis by Ralph Peil,Scott Stripling Pdf

Author : Alan L. Berger
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780791496442

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Crisis and Covenant by Alan L. Berger Pdf

Explores how Jewish American writers have grappled with the enormity of the Holocaust.

Author : Nathan T. Lopes Cardozo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015061420520

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Crisis, Covenant, and Creativity by Nathan T. Lopes Cardozo Pdf

Crisis, Covenant and Creativity deals with some of the most widely discussed issues in contemporary Jewish religious life. How do religious people deal with tolerance of different beliefs? How can devout living lead to a greater awareness of the mystery and beauty of life? What is the meaning of Jewish authenticity and identity in light of anti-Semitism?

Author : Moshe Arens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015031827747

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Broken Covenant by Moshe Arens Pdf

An unprecendented highest level account of Israeli war, peace, and politics, and a stern accusation about how the Bush administration intervened in Israel's internal politics, dictated its foreign policy, and abetted the fall of the Likud government.

Author : Ralph Peil,Scott Stripling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950566153

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The Power of Covenant in Times of Crisis by Ralph Peil,Scott Stripling Pdf

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781541675322

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Morality by Jonathan Sacks Pdf

A distinguished religious leader's stirring case for reconstructing a shared framework of virtues and values. With liberal democracy embattled, public discourse grown toxic, family life breaking down, and drug abuse and depression on the rise, many fear what the future holds. In Morality, respected faith leader and public intellectual Jonathan Sacks traces today's crisis to our loss of a strong, shared moral code and our elevation of self-interest over the common good. We have outsourced morality to the market and the state, but neither is capable of showing us how to live. Sacks leads readers from ancient Greece to the Enlightenment to the present day to show that there is no liberty without morality and no freedom without responsibility, arguing that we all must play our part in rebuilding a common moral foundation. A major work of moral philosophy, Morality is an inspiring vision of a world in which we can all find our place and face the future without fear.

Author : Moses Maimonides
Publisher : Behrman House, Inc
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0874412064

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A Maimonides Reader by Moses Maimonides Pdf

Major selections from Maimonides' writings including Guide to the Perplexed, Mishneh Torah, his essays, correspondence, and commentaries. The definitive one-volume English presentation.

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780805242843

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Future Tense by Jonathan Sacks Pdf

One of the most admired religious thinkers of our time issues a call for world Jewry to reject the self-fulfilling image of “a people alone in the world, surrounded by enemies” and to reclaim Judaism’s original sense of purpose: as a partner with God and with those of other faiths in the never-ending struggle for freedom and social justice for all. We are in danger, says Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, of forgetting what Judaism’s place is within the global project of humankind. During the last two thousand years, Jews have lived through persecutions that would have spelled the end of most nations, but they did not see anti-Semitism written into the fabric of the universe. They knew they existed for a purpose, and it was not for themselves alone. Rabbi Sacks believes that the Jewish people have lost their way, that they need to recommit themselves to the task of creating a just world in which the divine presence can dwell among us. Without compromising one iota of Jewish faith, Rabbi Sacks declares, Jews must stand alongside their friends—Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and secular humanist—in defense of freedom against the enemies of freedom, in affirmation of life against those who desecrate life. And they should do this not to win friends or the admiration of others but because it is what a people of God is supposed to do. Rabbi Sacks’s powerful message of tikkun olam—using Judaism as a blueprint for repairing an imperfect world—will resonate with people of all faiths.

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Maggid
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1592640214

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Covenant and Conversation by Jonathan Sacks Pdf

In this second volume of his long-anticipated five-volume collection of parashat hashavua commentaries, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks explores these intersections as they relate to universal concerns of freedom, love, responsibility, identity, and destiny. Chief Rabbi Sacks fuses Jewish tradition, Western philosophy, and literature to present a highly developed understanding of the human condition under Gods sovereignty. Erudite and eloquent, Covenant Conversation allows us to experience Chief Rabbi Sacks sophisticated approach to life lived in an ongoing dialogue with the Torah.

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Vallentine Mitchell
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015018987795

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Tradition in an Untraditional Age by Jonathan Sacks Pdf

This book explores the challenges of bridging the gap between tradition and modernity through a study of four great Jewish thinkers, and includes studies od the Holocaust, Jewish-Christian dialogue, Jewish economic ethics and religious alienation and return.it also sets out an agenda for future jewish thought.

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Maggid
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1592646263

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One People? by Jonathan Sacks Pdf

One People?, first published in 1993, examines ways of mending the schisms between Reform and Orthodox Judaism, between religious and secular Jews in Israel, and between Israel itself and the diaspora - all of which have been deepened by the fierce and continuing controversy over the question of "Who is a Jew?"

Author : Warren W. Wiersbe
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Incorporated
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0840795831

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The Integrity Crisis by Warren W. Wiersbe Pdf

Author : Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781802079234

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Covenant and World Religions by Alon Goshen-Gottstein Pdf

A new paradigm for relations between religions, one of acceptance and collaboration, requires not only a willingness to move beyond a tradition of hostility and competition but also significant theological rethinking. Within Jewish Orthodoxy there have been very few voices that have advanced and justified a vision of other faiths in this light: to this day, the reigning paradigm is one of practical collaboration while avoiding theologically based engagement or reflection. Two of the most important Orthodox Jewish voices advocating change have been those of Irving Yitz Greenberg and Jonathan Sacks. This book presents the theological, moral, and social views of these two leading rabbis. It focuses on the significance of covenant for both, and how they adapt this concept to enable the development of a Jewish view of other religions. In considering how they may have influenced each other, it also studies the limitations and internal contradictions that characterize their work as they attempt to point the way forward, in a spirit of dialogue, to continuing theological reflection on Judaism’s approach to world religions.