A Wild Faith

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Comins, Mike , Savage, Nigel 저자(글)

Jewish Lights Publishing · 2007년 02월 01일

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A spiritual primer on the organic partnership between wilderness and Judaism unravels the mystery of Judaism's connection to the natural world and offers ways for believers to enliven and deepen their spiritual life through wilderness experience. Original.

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저자(글) Comins, Mike

Rabbi Mike Comins, the founder of TorahTrek Spiritual Wilderness Adventures (www.TorahTrek.com) and the Institute for Jewish Wilderness Spirituality (www.ijws-online.org), is the author of A Wild Faith: Jewish Ways into Wilderness, Wilderness Ways into Judaism and Making Prayer Real: Leading Jewish Spiritual Voices on Why Prayer Is Difficult and What to Do about It (both Jewish Lights). He studied classical Jewish texts at the Pardes Institute, earned his MA in Jewish education from Hebrew University and was ordained in the Israeli rabbinical program of Hebrew Union College. He was a founding member and the first director of education at Kehilat Kol Haneshama in Jerusalem. He lives, teaches and writes in Los Angeles, and serves as a scholar-in-residence for schools and synagogues around the world.Rabbi Mike Comins is available to speak on the following topics Finding God in Nature: Buber, Heschel and the Kabbalah on the Experience of Divinity in the Natural WorldHow the Jews Lost Nature and Why We Need to Get Her BackMaking Prayer Real: Why Prayer Is Difficult and What to Do about ItPrayer, Teshuvah and Coping with LossThe Spiritual Dynamics of Traditional Prayer

저자(글) Savage, Nigel

Nigel Savage, originally from Manchester, England, founded Hazon in 2000. Since then Hazon has grown to be a nationally significant organization, both renewing Jewish life in profound ways and working to create a healthier and more sustainable world for all. Before founding Hazon, Savage was a professional fund manager in London. He has a master's degree in history from Georgetown University and has learned at Pardes, Yakar, and Hebrew University. Savage is infamous in the United Kingdom for his cameo appearance in the cult Anglo-Jewish comic movie Leon the Pig Farmer. He is also believed to be the first English Jew to have cycled across South Dakota on a recumbent bike.

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  Acknowledgments vii
  A Note on the Text x
  Foreword xi
  1. The Call of the Wild 1
  2. The Stereotype of the "Unnatural" Jew 9
  3. Do I Have to Believe in God? 15
  4. Finding God in Nature 20
  5. A Map of the Heart 43
  6. The Mindful Hiker: Learning to Listen 55
  7. Yearning and Gratitude: Opening the Heart to God 73
  8. Seeing the Sacred: The Way of Blessing Part I 85
  9. Filling the World with Holiness: The Way of Blessing Part II 94
  10. Heart-song in the Heart-land: Jewish Prayer in Wilderness 101
  11. With Your Whole Self: Living in Your Body 117
  12. Four Winds, Seven Directions 134
  13. Teshuvah: The Wild Heart of Repentance 151
  14. Putting It All Together: Wilderness Retreat 166
  15. A Wild Faith 172
  Appendix 1: But Rabbi, Is This Jewish? 176
  Appendix 2: But Rabbi, Should I Talk to Trees? 181
  Appendix 3: The Nature of Jewish Study 188
  Appendix 4: Traditional Nature Blessings 197
  Notes 200
  Resources 211
  Index to Practices 219

기본정보

ISBN	9781580233163 ( 1580233163 )
발행(출시)일자	2007년 02월 01일
쪽수	238쪽
크기	155 * 228 * 14 mm / 331 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어