Judaism And Ecology

Author : Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Ecology
ISBN : UVA:X004661213

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Judaism and Ecology by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson Pdf

Jewish ecological discourse has shown that Judaism harbors deep concern for the well-being of the natural world. However, the movement has not articulated a Jewish theology of nature, nor has it submitted the sources of Judaism to a systematic, philosophical examination. This volume intends to contribute to the nascent discourse on Judaism and ecology by clarifying diverse conceptions of nature in Jewish thought and by using the insights of Judaism to formulate a constructive Jewish theology of nature. The twenty-one contributors consider the Bible and rabbinic literature, examine the relationship between the doctrine of creation and the doctrine of revelation in the context of natural law, and wrestle with questions of nature and morality. They look at nature in the Jewish mystical tradition, and they face the challenges to Jewish environmental activism caused by the tension between the secular nature of the environmental discourse and Jewish religious commitments.

Author : Matt Biers-Ariel,Deborah Newbrun,Michal Smart
Publisher : Behrman House, Inc
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0874416868

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Spirit in Nature by Matt Biers-Ariel,Deborah Newbrun,Michal Smart Pdf

Examine the beauty and wonder of nature--through Jewish eyes. Divided into six chapters--including Trees: The Torah of Life, Opening Our Eyes to Miracles, and Ma'ariv Aravim: Blessing the Night--Spirit in Nature's 27 activities are designed to enhance environmental awareness from a Jewish perspective. Through these activities, hikers of all ages will come alive to the miracle of God's creations. They focus on the marvels of nature: hosts of tiny creatures living in the soil, the rainbow of colors embellishing fields and trees and stones, the intricate interdependence of plants and animals. Each discovery celebrates the divine spark that exists within every living creature and every object found in the natural world. Building on Jewish sources and Jewish tradition, Spirit in Nature fosters respect for flora, fauna, and natural phenomena and shows how to sanctify them with the appropriate prayer, such as the blessing recited upon seeing a rainbow or upon smelling a fragrant plant. This pioneering work will awaken hikers to the wisdom of Jewish tradition in its dedication to safeguarding and preserving the bounty of God's creation. An index highlighting the connection between key Jewish values and the environment makes Spirit in Nature an effective classroom tool. A must-have for camp directors, counselors, teachers, rabbis, parents, youth group leaders, and community center workers.

Author : Martin D. Yaffe
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780585383651

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Judaism And Environmental Ethics by Martin D. Yaffe Pdf

Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in confronting the current crisis? Yaffe's extensive introduction analyzes and appraises the anthologized essays, each of which serves to deepen and enrich our understanding of current reflection on Judaism and environmental ethics. Brought together in one volume for the first time, the most important scholars in the field touch on diverse disciplines including deep ecology, political philosophy, and biblical hermeneutics. This ambitious book illustrates—precisely because of its interdisciplinary focus—how longstanding disagreements and controversies may spark further interchange among ecologists, Jews, and philosophers. Both accessible and thoroughly scholarly, this dialogue will benefit anyone interested in ethical and religious considerations of contemporary ecology.

Author : Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015056263711

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Judaism and Ecology by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson Pdf

This volume intends to contribute to the nascent discourse on Judaism and ecology by clarifying diverse conceptions of nature in Jewish thought and by using the insights of Judaism to formulate a constructive Jewish theology of nature.

Author : Ellen Bernstein
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781580230827

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Ecology & the Jewish Spirit by Ellen Bernstein Pdf

What is nature's place in our spiritual lives? In today's modern culture, we've become separated from the sacredness of the natural world. This book offers a different, eye- and soul-opening way of viewing our religion: A perspective grounded in nature, and rich in insights for seekers of all faiths. Respect for the holiness of Creation, our duty to protect the natural world, reverence for the land ... a focus on nature is part of the fabric of Jewish thought. Here, innovative contributors bring us a richer understanding of the long-neglected themes of nature that are woven through the biblical creation story, ancient texts, traditional law, the holiday cycles, prayer, mitzvot (good deeds) and community. Ecology & the Jewish Spirit explores the wisdom that the Jewish tradition has to offer all of us, to help nature become a sacred, spiritual part of our own lives. Contributors: Eileen Abrams * Bradley Shavit Artson * Philip J. Bentley * Ellen Bernstein * Ellen Cohn * Eliezer Diamond * Shira Dicker * David Ehrenfeld * Charles Fenyvesi * Shamu Fenyvesi * Dan Fink * Barry Freundel * David Gedzelman * Everett Gendler * Neil Gillman * Neal Joseph Loevinger * Victor Raboy * Debra J. Robbins * Robert Sand * Marc Sirinsky * Jeff Sultar * Marc Swetlitz * Lawrence Troster

Author : Ellen Bernstein
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580236805

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Ecology & the Jewish Spirit by Ellen Bernstein Pdf

What is nature’s place in our spiritual lives? In today’s modern culture, we’ve become separated from the sacredness of the natural world. This book offers a different, eye- and soul-opening way of viewing our religion: A perspective grounded in nature, and rich in insights for seekers of all faiths. Respect for the holiness of Creation, our duty to protect the natural world, reverence for the land...a focus on nature is part of the fabric of Jewish thought. Here, innovative contributors bring us a richer understanding of the long-neglected themes of nature that are woven through the biblical creation story, ancient texts, traditional law, the holiday cycles, prayer, mitzvot (good deeds), and community. Ecology & the Jewish Spirit explores the wisdom that the Jewish tradition has to offer all of us, to help nature become a sacred, spiritual part of our own lives.

Author : Julia Watts Belser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107113350

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Power, Ethics, and Ecology in Jewish Late Antiquity by Julia Watts Belser Pdf

This book analyzes rabbinic responses to drought and disaster, revealing how the Talmudi grapples with problems of power, ethics, and ecology in Jewish late antiquity.

Author : John Hart
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118465561

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology by John Hart Pdf

In the face of the current environmental crisis—which clearly has moral and spiritual dimensions—members of all the world’s faiths have come to recognize the critical importance of religion’s relationship to ecology. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology offers a comprehensive overview of the history and the latest developments in religious engagement with environmental issues throughout the world. Newly commissioned essays from noted scholars of diverse faiths and scientific traditions present the most cutting-edge thinking on religion’s relationship to the environment. Initial readings explore the ways traditional concepts of nature in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and other religious traditions have been shaped by the environmental crisis. Readings then address the changing nature of theology and religious thought in response to the challenges of protecting the environment. Various conceptual issues and themes that transcend individual traditions—climate change, bio-ethics, social justice, ecofeminism, and more—are then analyzed before a final section examines some of the immediate challenges we face in caring for the Earth while looking to the future of religious environmentalism. Timely and thought-provoking, Companion to Religion and Ecology offers illuminating insights into the role of religion in the ongoing struggle to secure the future well-being of our natural world. With a foreword by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and an Afterword by John Cobb

Author : Jeremy Benstein
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781580232685

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The Way Into Judaism and the Environment by Jeremy Benstein Pdf

An accessible introduction to the Jewish understanding of the natural world and the key concepts central to Jewish environmentalism. At a time of growing concern about environmental issues, this book explores the relationship Jews have with the natural world and the ways in which Judaism contributes to contemporary social/environmental issues. It also shows readers the extent to which Judaism is part of the problem and how it can be part of the solution. Offering both an environmental interpretation of Judaism and a Jewish approach to environmentalism, this book examines: What environmentalism is. What the creation stories can teach us about who we are and what nature is. The relevance of Torah and traditional sources.

Author : Roger S. Gottlieb
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199727698

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The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology by Roger S. Gottlieb Pdf

The last two decades have seen the emergence of a new field of academic study that examines the interaction between religion and ecology. Theologians from every religious tradition have confronted world religions past attitudes towards nature and acknowledged their own faiths complicity in the environmental crisis. Out of this confrontation have been born vital new theologies based in the recovery of marginalized elements of tradition, profound criticisms of the past, and ecologically oriented visions of God, the Sacred, the Earth, and human beings. The proposed handbook will serve as the definitive overview of these exciting new developments. Divided into three main sections, the books essays will reflect the three dominant dimensions of the field. Part one will explore traditional religious concepts of and attitudes towards nature and how these have been changed by the environmental crisis. Part II looks at larger conceptual issues that transcend individual traditions. Part III will examine religious participation in environmental politics.

Author : Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580236560

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Torah of the Earth Vol 2 by Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow Pdf

Can we re-imagine our relationship to the earth—using the viewpoints and texts of the last four millennia? Human responses to the natural world stretching back through the last 4,000 years come to life in this major new resource providing a diverse group of ecological and religious voices. It gives us an invaluable key to understanding the intersection of ecology and Judaism, and offers the wisdom of Judaism in dealing with the present environmental crisis. Both intelligent and accessible, Torah of the Earth is an essential resource and a reminder to us that humans and the earth are intertwined. More than 30 leading scholars and experts enlighten, provoke, and provide a guided tour of ecological thought from four major Jewish viewpoints: Vol. 1: Biblical Israel: One Land, One People Rabbinic Judaism: One People, Many Lands Vol. 2: Zionism: One Land, Two Peoples Eco-Judaism: One Earth, Many Peoples

Author : David Mevorach Seidenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107081338

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Kabbalah and Ecology by David Mevorach Seidenberg Pdf

Kabbalah and Ecology resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions. David Mevorach Seidenberg challenges the anthropocentric reading of the Torah, showing that a radically different orientation to the more-than-human world of nature leads to a more accurate interpretation of scripture, rabbinic texts, Maimonides, and Kabbalah.

Author : Aubrey Rose
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 0304323780

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Judaism and Ecology by Aubrey Rose Pdf

Author : Manfred Gerstenfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015043052524

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Judaism, Environmentalism and the Environment by Manfred Gerstenfeld Pdf

Author : Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580236553

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Torah of the Earth Vol 1 by Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow Pdf

Can we re-imagine our relationship to the earth—using the viewpoints and texts of the last four millennia? Human responses to the natural world stretching back through the last 4,000 years come to life in this major new resource providing a diverse group of ecological and religious voices. It gives us an invaluable key to understanding the intersection of ecology and Judaism, and offers the wisdom of Judaism in dealing with the present environmental crisis. Both intelligent and accessible, Torah of the Earth is an essential resource and a reminder to us that humans and the earth are intertwined. More than 30 leading scholars and experts enlighten, provoke, and provide a guided tour of ecological thought from four major Jewish viewpoints: Vol. 1: Biblical Israel: One Land, One People Rabbinic Judaism: One People, Many Lands Vol. 2: Zionism: One Land, Two Peoples Eco-Judaism: One Earth, Many Peoples