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Back by popular demand, the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain
essential and relevant in our digital age. Unequaled in-depth
compilations of classic and contemporary writings, they have long
guided rabbis, cantors, educators, and other readers seeking the
origins, meanings, and varied celebrations of the Jewish festivals.
The Rosh Hashanah Anthology is designed to make the commemoration
of the Jewish New Year meaningful as both a solemn and a festive
day. Its religious impact, significance, history, and messages are
embodied in the great treasures of Jewish classical writings-the
Bible, Talmud, midrashim, medieval theological and philosophical
works, codes of law and liturgy-and all are featured in this
volume. In addition, modern works by S. Y. Agnon, Franz Rosenzweig,
Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Elie Wiesel accompany liturgical
selections with commentaries, depictions of Rosh Hashanah
observances in many lands, detailed programming suggestions,
illustrations, and an extensive bibliography.
Preaching has been central to Muslim communities throughout the
centuries. The liturgical Friday sermon is a prime example,
although other genres that are less commonly known also serve
important functions. This book addresses the ways in which Muslims
relate various forms of religious oratory to authoritative
tradition in 21st-century Islamic practice, while striving to adapt
to local contexts and the changing circumstances of politics, media
and society. This is the first book of its kind to look at
homiletics beyond a specific country focus. Taking into
consideration the historical developments of Muslim preaching, it
offers a collection of thoroughly contextualised case studies of
oratory in Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bosnia, Sweden and the USA.
The analyses presented here show shared emphasis on struggles for
legitimacy, efforts to speak authoritatively, as well as discursive
opportunities and constraints.
Experience the Transformational Power of Buddhism's Psychology of
the Heart with Bestselling Author Jack Kornfield
You have within you unlimited capacities for extraordinary love,
for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom--and
here is how to awaken them. In The Wise Heart," " celebrated author
and psychologist Jack Kornfield offers the most accessible,
comprehensive, and illuminating guide to Buddhist psychology ever
published in the West. For meditators and mental health
professionals, Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, here is a vision
of radiant human dignity, a journey to the highest expression of
human possibility--and a practical path for realizing it in our own
lives.
The pilgrimage to Mecca - the hajj - is a major aspect of the
Islamic religion, yet little has been written about its history or
of the conditions under which thousands of pilgrims from far flung
regions of the Islamic world travelled to the heart of the Arabian
peninsula. This pioneering book concentrates on the pilgrimage in
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Mecca was ruled by
the Ottoman sultans. At a time when, for the majority of the
faithful, the journey was long, arduous and fraught with danger,
the provision of food, water, shelter and protection for pilgrims
presented a major challenge to the provincial governors of the vast
Ottoman Empire. Drawing on rich documentation left by Ottoman
administrators and on the accounts of contemporary pilgrims,
Suraiya Faroqhi here sheds new light on the trials and experiences
of everyday life for those undertaking the hajj.
Everything the engaged couple needs to know about the Jewish
marriage ceremony. Welcome new couples into Jewish life and your
congregation. Selecting a date and location for the wedding What is
a ketubah? A huppah? A step-by-step guide to a Jewish wedding Life
as Jewish newlyweds The perfect gift for the soon-to-be-wed couple.
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz renowned scholar, philosopher and spiritual
guide here reveals the essence of the Jewish calendar. With a
unique combination of intellectual brilliance and accessibility,
Rabbi Steinsaltz probes the meaning of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur,
Hanukka, Purim, Pesah and the other Jewish holidays. His insights
provide whole new ways of understanding the holidays, appreciating
their depth, and experiencing them to their fullest:
"Our festivals and holidays, remembrance days and special
occasions, ensure that the paths of our lives do not remain merely
dusty roads lacking meaningful points of distinction These special
days are the landmarks, signposts, and lights along the way
openings through which we may emerge from the stagnancy and rut of
life's routine. They provide us with opportunities not only to
celebrate and mourn, but also to renew and change ourselves "
Honorable Mention, 2019 Barbara T. Christian Literary Award, given
by the Caribbean Studies Association Winner, 2017 Clifford Geertz
Prize in the Anthropology of Religion, presented by the Society for
the Anthropology of Religion section of the American
Anthropological Association Finalist, 2017 Albert J. Raboteau Prize
for the Best Book in Africana Religions presented by the Journal of
Africana Religions An examination of the religious importance of
food among Caribbean and Latin American communities Before honey
can be offered to the Afro-Cuban deity Ochun, it must be tasted, to
prove to her that it is good. In African-inspired religions
throughout the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States,
such gestures instill the attitudes that turn participants into
practitioners. Acquiring deep knowledge of the diets of the gods
and ancestors constructs adherents' identities; to learn to fix the
gods' favorite dishes is to be "seasoned" into their service. In
this innovative work, Elizabeth Perez reveals how seemingly trivial
"micropractices" such as the preparation of sacred foods, are
complex rituals in their own right. Drawing on years of
ethnographic research in Chicago among practitioners of Lucumi, the
transnational tradition popularly known as Santeria, Perez focuses
on the behind-the-scenes work of the primarily women and gay men
responsible for feeding the gods. She reveals how cooking and
talking around the kitchen table have played vital socializing
roles in Black Atlantic religions. Entering the world of divine
desires and the varied flavors that speak to them, this volume
takes a fresh approach to the anthropology of religion. Its richly
textured portrait of a predominantly African-American Lucumi
community reconceptualizes race, gender, sexuality, and affect in
the formation of religious identity, proposing that every religion
coalesces and sustains itself through its own secret recipe of
micropractices.
The Shabbat Evening Siddur is the first siddur designed
specifically for synagogues, minyanim and families striving for
authenticity, sincerity and creativity in their traditional Friday
night davening. Color photographs, a precise translation and
inspiring commentary by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Rabbi Yehuda
Sarna, a special study section, and an innovative graphic layout
bring out the beauty, convey the power, and enrich the experience
of welcoming Shabbat.
30 Selected lectures The Festivals and Their Meaning collects
thirty of Rudolf Steiner's most important lectures on the festivals
of the year. He identifies and illumines the true meaning behind
Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, and Michaelmas,
emphasizing their inner spiritual and outer cosmic aspects. Steiner
shows that the festivals do not only commemorate great historical
events and truths of the Christian tradition; they are in
themselves--each year--spiritual events that manifest in seasonal
and natural rhythms and carry a significance that grows and deepens
with the development of human evolution. CONTENTS Christmas
Introduction by Ann Druitt The Christmas Festival: Heralding the
Victory of the Sun Signs and Symbols of the Christmas Festival The
Birth of the Sun-spirit as the Spirit of the Earth: The Thirteen
Holy Nights Christmas as a time of Grievous Destiny The
Proclamations to the Magi and the Shepherds On the Three Magi The
Revelation of the Cosmic Christ The Birth of Christ within Us
Easter Easter: The Festival of Warning The Blood Relationship and
the Christ Relationship The Death of a God and Its Fruits in
Humanity Spirit Triumphant The Teachings of the Risen Christ
Easter: The Mystery of the Future Spiritual Bells of Easter, parts
1 & 2 Ascension and Pentecost The Whitsun Mystery and Its
Connection with the Ascension Whitsun: The Festival of the Free
Individuality World Pentecost: The Message of Anthroposophy
Whitsun: A Symbol of the Immortality of the Ego The Whitsuntide
Festival: Its Place in the Study of Karma Whitsun Verse Michaelmas
Michael Meditation The Michael Inspiration: Spiritual Milestones in
the Course of the Year A Michael Lecture The Michael Impulse and
the Mystery of Golgotha, parts 1 & 2 Michael and the Dragon The
Creation of a Michael Festival out of the Spirit The Michael Path
to Christ
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