Longing: Jewish meditations on a hidden God
Intro; Title Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Beginnings; Chapter 1: Pulling Away; Chapter 2: Turning Toward; Chapter 3: Finding a Voice; Part 2: Shattering the Vessels; Chapter 4: Only I-You; Chapter 5: God Is Not God; Chapter 6: Sifting through the Broken Images; Part 3: Tikkun/Integra...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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EUGENE
CASCADE BOOKS
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: David, Justin, Longing] (2019) (Ben-Pazi, Ḥanokh, 1964 -)
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| Further subjects: | B
Hidden God
B Desire ; Religious aspects B Desire Religious aspects B RELIGION ; Judaism ; General B Electronic books B Spiritual Life Judaism B God (Judaism) B Spiritual life ; Judaism |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: David, Justin: Longing : Jewish Meditations on a Hidden God. - Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers, ©2018. - 9781532631351 |
| Summary: | Intro; Title Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Beginnings; Chapter 1: Pulling Away; Chapter 2: Turning Toward; Chapter 3: Finding a Voice; Part 2: Shattering the Vessels; Chapter 4: Only I-You; Chapter 5: God Is Not God; Chapter 6: Sifting through the Broken Images; Part 3: Tikkun/Integration; Chapter 7: Finding Self and Community; Chapter 8: Toward the Other; Chapter 9: God as Ineffable; Epilogue: God as Everything and Nothing; Bibliography. Longing is a universal human experience, born of the inevitable gulf between dream and reality, what we need and what we have. While the experience of longing may arise from loss or the awareness of a void in one's life, it may also become a powerful engine of spiritual growth, prompting one to draw closer to the hidden yet present ""Other.""Across the range of Jewish teachings, longing takes center stage in one's spiritual life. From the Bible through current frontiers in Jewish belief and practice, God is both known and unknown, immediate and remote, present and in constant eclipse. This book |
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