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Author : Mary L. Zamore
Publisher : Central Conference of American Rabbis
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0881233331
"An anthology of essays that discuss the ethics of money (including issues of wealth, income, expenditures, charity, debt, etc.) from a variety of Jewish perspectives." --
Author : Mary L. Zamore
Publisher : CCAR Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780881233346
The newest addition to the CCAR Press Challenge and Change series, this anthology creates a rich and varied discussion about ethics and money. Our use of and relationship with money must reflect our religious values—this book aims to start a comprehensive conversation about how Judaism can guide us in this multi-faceted relationship.
Author : Veronica Walton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1686242433
What do we need to learn and unlearn about sex? It's exciting to see the Sacred Energy eXchange, perspective coming more into mainstream thought. People may be drawn to these practices hoping to enhance their sexual satisfaction. Although it does do an amazing job of improving what you already have experienced and enjoy. It also takes sexuality to another dimension entirely. You we have experiences beyond "normal".SACRED ENERGY eXCHANGE, is much more than a sexual teaching. Its actually Self learning, S.E.X. practice can transform every aspect of your life. This book is designed to help you expand your physical health, vitality, emotional healing, expression, psychic sensitivity, creativity, productivity and abundance. It's not unusual for someone to tell me, after a few months of sacred involvement that he or she feels like a different person. They are less stressed, more in tuned to themselves and others, more comfortable, and much happier.Coach "VEE" Veronica L. Walton is uniquely qualified to be a major sacred sex communicator, to be the means through which this message goes forward within her tribe, and to a broad population. Through her studies and research, she speaks directly of sexual matters, but also appreciates the deeper potential of unconditional love.In this little book Coach Vee has packed an overview of suggestions and specific exercises you can practice, to begin your personal exploration. Sacred Sex is a spiritual path, leading to self-discovery. You are more magnificent than you realize. If you have the courage to start all over and do something new, this book will guide you through your first steps on your new sexual journey.
Author : Mary L. Zamore
Publisher : CCAR Press
Page : 701 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780881231861
The Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic is an anthology of diverse essays on Jewish dietary practices. This volume presents the challenge of navigating through choices about eating, while seeking to create a rich dialogue about the intersection of Judaism and food. The definition of Kashrut, the historic Jewish approach to eating, is explored, broadened and in some cases, argued with, in these essays. Kashrut is viewed not only as a ritual practice, but also as a multifaceted Jewish relationship with food and its production, integrating values such as ethics, community, and spirituality into our dietary practice. The questions considered in The Sacred Table are broad reaching. Does Kashrut represent a facade of religiosity, hiding immorality and abuse, or is it, in its purest form, a summons to raise the ethical standards of food production? How does Kashrut enrich spiritual practice by teaching intentionality and gratitude? Can paying attention to our own eating practices raise our awareness of the hungry? Can Kashrut inspire us to eat healthfully? Can these laws draw us around the same table, thus creating community? In exploring the complexities of these questions, this book includes topics such as agricultural workers' rights, animal rights, food production, the environment, personal health, the spirituality of eating and fasting, and the challenges of eating together. The Sacred Table celebrates the ideology of educated choice. The essays present a diverse range of voices, opinions, and options, highlighting the Jewish values that shape our food ethics. Whether for the individual, family, or community, this book supplies the basic how-tos of creating a meaningful Jewish food ethic and incorporating these choices into our personal and communal religious practices. These resources will be helpful if we are new to these ideas or if we are teaching or counseling others. Picture a beautiful buffet of choices from which you can shape your personal Kashrut. Read, educate yourself, build on those practices that you already follow, and eat well. Published by CCAR Press, a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Author : Robyn Ferrell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231504423
As the international art market globalizes the indigenous image, it changes its identity, status, value, and purpose in local and larger contexts. Focusing on a school of Australian Aboriginal painting that has become popular in the contemporary art world, Robyn Ferrell traces the influence of cultural exchanges on art, the self, and attitudes toward the other. Aboriginal acrylic painting, produced by indigenous women artists of the Australian Desert, bears a superficial resemblance to abstract expressionism and is often read as such by viewers. Yet to see this art only through a Western lens is to miss its unique ontology, logics of sensation, and rich politics and religion. Ferrell explores the culture that produces these paintings and connects its aesthetic to the brutal environmental and economic realities of its people. From here, she travels to urban locales, observing museums and department stores as they traffic interchangeably in art and commodities. Ferrell ties the history of these desert works to global acts of genocide and dispossession. Rethinking the value of the artistic image in the global market and different interpretations of the sacred, she considers photojournalism, ecotourism, and other sacred sites of the western subject, investigating the intersection of modern art and postmodern culture. She ultimately challenges the primacy of the "European gaze" and its fascination with sacred cultures, constructing a more balanced intercultural dialogue that deemphasizes the aesthetic of the real championed by western philosophy.
Author : Lisabet Sarai,Seneca F. Mayfair
Publisher : Running PressBook Pub
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1562013475
Much has been written about the physical aspects of dominance and submission, including the use of such paraphernalia as whips and bonds, but the literature does not fully explain the compelling attraction many have to S/M experiences. Through stories of ritual, communion, telepathy, devotion, dreams, commitment, and personal transformation, Sacred Exchange portrays how the bonds of trust between dominant and submissive might lead to emotional and spiritual revelations. This is an exciting collection of fiction that delves into an often misunderstood realm.
Author : Stephanie Oakes
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101633700
**THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED SACRED LIES, NOW STREAMING ON FACEBOOK WATCH** A Morris Award finalist and Golden Kite Honor Book! A hard-hitting and hopeful story about the dangers of blind faith—and the power of having faith in yourself. The Kevinian cult has taken everything from seventeen-year-old Minnow: twelve years of her life, her family, her ability to trust. And when she rebelled, they took away her hands, too. Now their Prophet has been murdered and their camp set aflame, and it's clear that Minnow knows something—but she's not talking. As she languishes in juvenile detention, she struggles to un-learn everything she has been taught to believe, adjusting to a life behind bars and recounting the events that led up to her incarceration. But when an FBI detective approaches her about making a deal, Minnow sees she can have the freedom she always dreamed of—if she’s willing to part with the terrible secrets of her past. Gorgeously written, breathlessly page-turning and sprinkled with moments of unexpected humor, this harrowing debut is perfect for readers of Emily Murdoch's If You Find Me and Nova Ren Suma's The Walls Around Us, as well as for fans of Orange is the New Black.
Author : Rebecca Einstein Schorr,Alysa Mendelson Graf
Publisher : CCAR Press
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780881232806
Women have been rabbis for over forty years. No longer are women rabbis a unique phenomenon, rather they are part of the fabric of Jewish life. In this anthology, rabbis and scholars from across the Jewish world reflect back on the historic significance of women in the rabbinate and explore issues related to both the professional and personal lives of women rabbis. This collection examines the ways in which the reality of women in the rabbinate has impacted on all aspects of Jewish life, including congregational culture, liturgical development, life cycle ritual, the Jewish healing movement, spirituality, theology, and more.
Author : Lisa L. Grushcow
Publisher : CCAR Press
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780881232240
This wide-ranging anthology takes a close look at the breadth of human sexuality from a Jewish perspective. The essays begin with a look at biblical and rabbinic views on sexuality, and then proceed to explorations of sexuality at different moments in the life cycle, sexuality and the marital model, diverse expressions of sexuality, examples of sexuality education, the nexus of sexuality and theology, and the challenges of contemporary sexual ethics. The Sacred Encounter is a thought-provoking and important Jewish resource. Perfect for personal study, or for high school or adult classes.
Author : Richard P. Werbner
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Change
ISBN : 071901929X
Author : John Eade,Michael J. Sallnow
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781725233164
Whether a pilgrimage centers around a place, a visionary individual, or a text, it brings widely diverse individuals and their beliefs, doctrines, and expectations into contact with each other. This important collection assesses the qualities and power of pilgrimage shrines as sites for accommodating various, often competing, meanings and practices, both among pilgrims and between shrine custodians and devotees. Contributors discuss the highly organized shrine at Lourdes and also the shrine at San Giovanni Rotondo in Sangiovannesi, Italy, where conflicting interests among townspeople and pilgrims have crystallized around the life and the remains, respectively, of a holy man. Other contributors consider the competing images of Jerusalem among pilgrims of various Christian faiths-Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Christian Zionist-and explore the unique attributes of shrines in Sri Lanka and Peru. A major advance in understanding the complexity of pilgrimage, Contesting the Sacred provides valuable insight into the process of exchange between human beings and the divine that gives pilgrimage its central rationale. John Eade's new introduction places the book's theoretical frame in the context of recent thinking and writing on pilgrimage and considers the impact of globalization and tourism on pilgrimage cults and sites.
Author : Michael J. Walsh
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231519939
Buddhist monasteries in medieval China employed a variety of practices to ensure their ascendancy and survival. Most successful was the exchange of material goods for salvation, as in the donation of land, which allowed monks to spread their teachings throughout China. By investigating a variety of socioeconomic spaces produced and perpetuated by Chinese monasteries, Michael J. Walsh reveals the "sacred economies" that shaped early Buddhism and its relationship with consumption and salvation. Centering his study on Tiantong, a Buddhist monastery that has thrived for close to seventeen centuries in southeast China, Walsh follows three main topics: the spaces monks produced, within and around which a community could pursue a meaningful existence; the social and economic avenues through which monasteries provided diverse sacred resources and secured the primacy of Buddhist teachings within an agrarian culture; and the nature of "transactive" participation within monastic spaces, which later became a fundamental component of a broader Chinese religiosity. Unpacking these sacred economies and repositioning them within the history of religion in China, Walsh encourages a different approach to the study of Chinese religion, emphasizing the critical link between religious exchange and the production of material culture.
Author : Vanessa Zoltan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780593088012
“In these soaring, open-hearted essays, Vanessa Zoltan writes with fierce brilliance about suffering, survival, and the kind of meaning in life that can withstand real scrutiny.”—John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and The Anthropocene Reviewed A deeply felt celebration of a classic novel--and a reflection on the ways our favorite books can shape and heal us. Our favorite books keep us company, give us hope, and help us find meaning in a chaotic world. In this fresh and relatable work, atheist chaplain Vanessa Zoltan blends memoir and personal growth as she grapples with the notions of family legacy and identity through the lens of her favorite novel, Jane Eyre. Informed by the reading practices of medieval monks and rabbinic scholars from her training at the Harvard Divinity School and filtered through the pages of Jane Eyre as well as Little Women, Harry Potter, and The Great Gatsby, Zoltan explores topics ranging from the trauma she has inherited as the granddaughter of four Holocaust survivors to finding hope, meaning, and even magic in our deeply fractured times. Brimming with a lifelong love of classic literature and the tenderness of self-reflection, the book also reveals simple techniques for reading any work as a sacred text--from Virginia Woolf to Anne of Green Gables to baseball scorecards. Whether you're an avowed "Eyrehead" or simply a curious reader looking for a richer connection with the written word, this deeply felt and inspiring book will light the way to a more intimate appreciation for whatever books you love to read.
Author : Lisa Irish
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781683367987
For most people, the pain of loss dominates their experience of grief. Grief then becomes something to be avoided or completed as quickly as possible. In her new book, Lisa Irish presents grief as our “ally” in the Land of Loss and offers pathways and resources to navigate the confusing and challenging terrain. She explores “conscious grieving,” as she gathers the wisdom of bereavement experts, spiritual leaders and everyday people walking their own individual paths. Lisa encourages us to let seeds of hope find their way into our grieving hearts, to allow self-compassion during the journey, and to trust grief’s healing process. Grieving - The Sacred Art makes a space for love in our sadness and leads us into a Land of Hope.
Author : Jamie K. Reaser
Publisher : Hiraeth Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0983585288
The essence of ayni is sacred reciprocity. Ayni emerges out of a universal perspective in which importance is placed on the relational flow of energy as a process of establishing and maintaining balance. Ayni can be seen as a code of conduct - a sacred agreement to engage in a balanced exchange between self and other. What is given may not be anywhere near as important as how it is given. In ayni, it is the heart that counts. Ayni can be established among people, between humans and all other beings, and between all beings and the animate Cosmos.