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Believing and Its Tensions: A Personal Conversation about God, Torah, Suffering and Death in Jewish Thought

Neil Gillman

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Description:An intimate and candid examination of the changing nature of belief and whereit can lead us from the life experienceof one of Judaism's leading thinkers.For over five decades, Rabbi Neil Gillman has helpedpeople think through the most challenging questions atthe heart of being a believing religious person. In thisintimate rethinking of his own theological journey heexplores the changing nature of belief and the complexitiesof reconciling the intellectual, emotional andmoral questions of his own searching mind and soul.If what we have in recognizing, speaking of andexperiencing God is a wide-ranging treasury ofhumanly crafted metaphors, what, then, is the ultimatereality, the ultimate nature of God? Whatlies beyond the metaphors?If humanity was an active partner in revelation ifthe human community participated in what wasrevealed and gave it meaning what then shouldbe the authority of Jewish law?How do we cope intellectually, emotionally andmorally with suffering, the greatest challenge toour faith commitment, relationship with God andsense of a fundamentally ordered world?Death is inevitable but why is it built in as partof the total life experience?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Believing and Its Tensions: A Personal Conversation about God, Torah, Suffering and Death in Jewish Thought. To get started finding Believing and Its Tensions: A Personal Conversation about God, Torah, Suffering and Death in Jewish Thought, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An intimate and candid examination of the changing nature of belief and whereit can lead us from the life experienceof one of Judaism's leading thinkers.For over five decades, Rabbi Neil Gillman has helpedpeople think through the most challenging questions atthe heart of being a believing religious person. In thisintimate rethinking of his own theological journey heexplores the changing nature of belief and the complexitiesof reconciling the intellectual, emotional andmoral questions of his own searching mind and soul.If what we have in recognizing, speaking of andexperiencing God is a wide-ranging treasury ofhumanly crafted metaphors, what, then, is the ultimatereality, the ultimate nature of God? Whatlies beyond the metaphors?If humanity was an active partner in revelation ifthe human community participated in what wasrevealed and gave it meaning what then shouldbe the authority of Jewish law?How do we cope intellectually, emotionally andmorally with suffering, the greatest challenge toour faith commitment, relationship with God andsense of a fundamentally ordered world?Death is inevitable but why is it built in as partof the total life experience?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Believing and Its Tensions: A Personal Conversation about God, Torah, Suffering and Death in Jewish Thought. To get started finding Believing and Its Tensions: A Personal Conversation about God, Torah, Suffering and Death in Jewish Thought, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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