Gandhi's Pilgrimage Of Faith: From Darkness To Light

Gandhi's Pilgrimage Of Faith: From Darkness To Light
UMA MAJMUDAR | 2005-07-30 00:00:00 | State University of New York Press | 280 | Religion Other
Gandhi was able to truly live into his own adage to "be the change you want to see in the world," repeatedly risking his life. Such personal sacrifice seems like an archaic notion. Still, the optimist in me finished this book dearly hoping that other true leaders will appear. And Gandhi's life challenged me to strive for my "highest self" to dominate my weak self some of the time so as to be some small part of the change I want to see in the world.
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The Cambridge History of Judaism, Vol. 1: The Persian Period

The Cambridge History of Judaism, Vol. 1: The Persian Period
W. D. Davies | 2008-01-01 00:00:00 | Cambridge University Press | 495 | Religion Other
The first three volumes of The Cambridge History of Judaism cover the history of the Jews from the Exile in 5 87 B.C.E. to the early Roman period extending into the third century C.E. A comprehensive examination is made of all the relevant literary and archeological sources, and special attention is given to the interaction of Iranian, Semitic, Hellenistic and Roman cultures. The contributors include both Jewish and Gentile scholars from many countries, and this History thus helps to deliver the study of Jewish history and Christian origins from geographical and religious limitations, and contributes to a deeper understanding and a broader tolerance. This first volume opens with three introductory chapters to the work as a whole dealing with the geographical background, the chronology and the numismatic history of Judaism. The remainder of this volume concentrates on the Persian period, the two and a half centuries following the Babylonian Exile.
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Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution

Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution
Andre Trocme | 2004-01-01 00:00:00 | Orbis Books | 215 | Religion Other
Andre Trocme (1901-1971) is famous for his role in saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis, as pastor of the French village of Le Chambon. But his bold deeds did not spring from a void. They were rooted in his understanding of Jesus’ way of nonviolence and the social implications of Jesus’ proclamation of the Kingdom of God on earth.

In this book, you’ll encounter a Jesus you may have never met before a Jesus who not only calls for spiritual transformation, but for practical changes that answer the most perplexing political, economic, and social problems of our time.

Newly revised and expanded, this edition includes a concise biography of Andre Trocme, and extensive notes on how contemporary thinkers have grappled with his ideas.
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Pebbles of Wisdom From Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: Collected and with Notes by Arthur Kurzweil

Pebbles of Wisdom From Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: Collected and with Notes by Arthur Kurzweil
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Arthur Kurzweil | 2009-01-01 00:00:00 | Jossey | 384 | Religion Other
Pebbles of Wisdom From Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: Collected and with Notes by Arthur Kurzweil
By Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Arthur Kurzweil


* Publisher: Jossey-Bass
* Number Of Pages: 384
* Publication Date: 2009-08-31
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470485922
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470485927



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"A number of times over the years I have mentioned to Rabbi Steinsaltz that in his lectures, interviews, and writings, there are always such wonderful 'gems' embedded within the transcripts and essays, and I find myself repeating these 'gems' to people.

'Perhaps not gems,' he responds. 'Maybe pebbles.'"—From the Introduction

Internationally acclaimed Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is considered to be one of the most brilliant and influential rabbis of our time. He has been lauded by Time magazine as a "once-in-a-millennium scholar" and by Ted Koppel of Nightline as "one of the very few wise men that I've ever met."

Arthur Kurzweil—himself a Jewish scholar, author, teacher, publisher, and a longtime disciple of Rabbi Steinsaltz—has gathered in one place a collection of "pebbles" of wisdom from Rabbi Steinsaltz. This wonderful book is filled with wisdom from more than thirty years of Rabbi Steinsaltz's lectures, writings, interviews, conversations, and reflections.

Pebbles of Wisdom includes Rabbi Steinsaltz's thoughts on the big topics of life including the meaning of happiness, the search for the purpose of one's life, the point of suffering, discovering oneself, dangers along the spiritual path, the process of transforming oneself, and the challenges of faith.
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