Judaism

The Jews were God's chosen people.

Stepping Stones to a Higher Vision examines the development of religious consciousness from religion to spirituality to mysticism.

Volume 14 2018This is the fourteenth volume of the hard-copy edition of a journal that has been published online (www.

Rabbi Gordon Fuller and Dr.

Contemplative prayer is a way of saying yes to God's transformative presence.

How can religion speak to the millions of men and women who have irretrievably lost their belief in a supernatural God?

When Baker yearns for something more, she discovers that the Christian message answers the deep yearning within each of us to resolve human suffering.

"e;How does a Jewish person in the 21st century explore the question of whether Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah of Israel?

Our late modern era is marked by the rapidity of change; waxing pluralism; focus on the future, not the past; the elevation of personal choice over communal obligation; and, for some, a sense of spiritual and intellectual disorientation that can lead to resentment, fear, nostalgia, and/or a disordered desire for absolute certainty and rigid authority.

Covering 2500 years, here are the impressions of synagogue worshipers and visitors, Jews and non-Jews, told in their own words, from Jeremiah to George Washington, Liszt, and Yossele Rosenblatt, from the slums of Rio to the shtetls of Ukraine to the temple in Jerusalem.

Knowing Him by Name is a book of 336 short devotional readings based on the names and references to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

The life of Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides) remains a mystery to many within evangelical Christianity.

Two Jews, Three Opinions examines a unique educational movement that began in 1980 when eight school leaders met to create RAVSAK: the Jewish Community Day School Network, an association of schools distinguished by being inclusive of all Jews in their communities.

An initial play, Oedipus in Jerusalem, related the narrative of Nathan, the biblical prophet, encountering the blinded Oedipus wandering alone outside of Thebes.

Meister Eckhart, a now-popular medieval German mystic, provides the contemporary person with a way of living that centers on nothing but God in everyday life.

Eight different historical-theological studies are assembled here under the title Respect for the Jews.

What is the relationship between the Hebrew Bible and modern science?

The Good Shepherd, Gentle Guide, and Gracious Host is a collection of fifteen discipleship meditations, organized around three metaphors from the Twenty-Third Psalm.

Spiritual seekers across faith traditions share a fierce yearning for mystical unity with their God.

In our world filled with unending crime, death, relationship issues, and despair, Jennifer Workman incorporates a plethora of inspirational articles to inspire and spiritually empower every reader that no matter what, they are not alone in their struggles because God is open and receptive to their cries for help.

This book seeks to confront the challenge that science presents to the traditional pillars of Judaism.

This book is a broad-brush approach describing the realities of life in the American rabbinate.

In The Hasidic Moses, Aryeh Wineman invites readers to join him on a journey through various eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Hasidic texts that interpret the life of Moses.

Breakfast with Barth: Daily Devotions provides extracts from the writings of theologian Karl Barth.

Portraits of Jewish Learning brings together colorful accounts of the ways that Jewish students today are having meaningful learning experiences in day school classrooms, Hebrew programs, synagogue-based schools, and high school and college courses that push students out of their comfort zone.

In the Seat of Moses offers readers a unique, frank, and penetrating analysis of the rise of rabbinic Judaism in the late Roman period.

Wayne Allen traces the evolution of the office of synagogue cantor as reflected in the primary sources of Jewish law as well as in Jewish lore from the third century to the present day.

The humanities offer insights into the highest (and lowest) capabilities of our own natures and, at their best, they function as prophetic champions of human dignity and as inspired celebrants of beauty.

At the beginning of the Common Era, Jewish renewal movements, including Jesus' ministry, had similar views: embracing moderate ascetic behavior.

I AM: A Journey in Jewish Faith is a spiritual/theological meditation on the Shema, the biblical statement of God's oneness that rests in the heart of the Jewish people.

This book is about giving people hope and faith, comfort and inspiration when a death occurs.

Thomas Merton is one of the most important spiritual voices of the last century.

Jesus invited his disciples to be with him in Gethsemane as he struggled with his own hour of death.

Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Kotsk (1787-1859) was one of the most interesting and challenging figures of Hasidism in the nineteenth century.

Longing is a universal human experience, born of the inevitable gulf between dream and reality, what we need and what we have.

Finding Our Voice is a series of meditations on how to express the deepest sense of who we are in a troubled world.

The mystery of God has fascinated people of all generations.

Should Genesis rightly be identified as law--that is, as torah or legal instruction for Israel?

She's more than 3,000 years old.

Praying in the Spirit of Christ offers contemporary readers a compelling and holistic vision of what life in Christ can mean for them.

The work of a wonderful secular poet, Billy Collins, provides a great model for Christian writers.

You are holding a collection of short stories that reveal how every aspect of life takes a particular dimension when considered from the perspective of faith in relationship with everyday experiences.

Hidden in His Own Story is an invitation to reconsider and re-imagine both the humanity and divinity of Jesus.

Transgender people are among the most marginalized and vulnerable populations in the world.

This book uses the metaphor of walking to gain insight into the spiritual life.

"e;What if Luke had to reteach the basic lessons of his history of the early church?

As an educated scientist and businessman, author Ramesh Malhotra is interested in unveiling the secrets of nature known to ancient spiritual scholars.

Does modernity trample on tradition, or can it in fact be a vehicle for the sacred?

"e;Anti-Semitism revisited in a wholly original way"e; Philippe Sands"e;Rippling with ideas on every page"e; Jewish Chronicle"e;Tackles the issue [of anti-semitism] from the perspective of a country where its manifestations have been more vicious and deadly"e; Financial TimesRabbi Delphine Horvilleur analyses the phenomenon of anti-semitism as it is viewed by those who endure it and who, through narration and literature, succeed in overcoming it.

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