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Blessed Are You: A Comprehensive Guide to Jewish Prayer offers the
layperson, in a nonacademic, simple (but not simplistic) style, a
one-volume, encyclopedic presentation of virtually every aspect of
prayer in Judaism. Rabbi Jeffrey M. Cohen explores his subject from
every angle: he looks at the historical development of prayer, the
role of the synagogue, the specific rituals connected to prayer,
important Jewish legal topics, the theology that is expressed
through prayer, and the texts that are used. Rabbi Cohen covers his
subjects by taking three routes. First, he presents a fascinating
historical treatment of prayer, from its earliest origins to the
most recent developments, and addresses such topics as when Jewish
prayer became standardized and why. The second section of Blessed
Are You explains the theology of Jewish prayer: Why do people pray?
Does God answer prayer? Can we believe that the Almighty actually
changes His mind as a result of our prayerful requests? The book's
third section is a guided tour of the synagogue and its personnel,
with enlightening discussions of the role of the rabbi, the ways in
which one becomes a rabbi, and what being a rabbi really means.
Rabbi Cohen also discusses the important ritual objects found in
the synagogue, and he includes a description of each detail in the
arrangement of the synagogue sanctuary. Rabbi Cohen, a well-known
and highly regarded British rabbi, has been teaching the subject of
prayer in Judaism for a few decades. His experience has enabled him
to write a remarkably thorough, easy-to-understand, 'user-friendly'
guide to one of the pivotal activities of Jewish life. It is no
wonder that both the present and former chief rabbis of Great
Britain have praised this volume in superlative terms.
A collection of prayers to propitiate the lord Buddha. The various
prayers have been presented in English, Chinese and Hindi to make
these prayers available to the vast majority of humankind.
There is no better place in all of Scripture than the Psalms to
learn to be with God and see with the eyes of faith the face of the
One who longs to form us fully in his image. The psalms often
stretch and perplex as they teach, but they open a divine window on
prayer. How could it be otherwise? The Psalms are God's prayer
book, and they teach us to talk to God in his own language.
Features meditations for more than 75 psalms, arranged in numerical
order, Scripture and topical indexes. Each devotional includes the
complete text of the Psalm(s) from the New Living Translation, a
"devotional window" (brief meditative thoughts and/or background on
the Psalm), a prayer route (one or more key phrases or verses from
the Psalm, followed by suggested ways to use the Psalm in prayer).
Voices of the Ritual analyzes the revival of rituals performed at
female saint shrines in the Middle East. In the midst of turbulent
political contention over land and borders, Nurit Stadler shows,
religious minorities lay claim to space through rituals enacted at
sacred spaces in the Holy Land. Using ethnographic analysis,
Stadler explores the rise of these rituals, their focus on the
body, female materiality, and their place in the
Israeli-Palestinian landscape. Stadler examines the varied features
of the practice and implications of the rituals, looking at themes
of femininity and material experience. She considers the role of
the body in rituals that represent the act of birth or the circle
of life and that aim to foster an intimate connection between the
female saint and her worshippers. Stadler underscores the
political, cultural, and spatial elements of this practice,
bringing attention to how religious minorities (Jews, Christians,
Muslims, and Druze, among others) have utilized these rituals to
assert their right to the land. Voices of the Ritual offers a
valuable assessment of religious ritual practice that encrypts
female themes into a landscape that has historically been defined
by war and conflict.
As Revised And Proposed To The Use Of The Protestant Episcopal
Church At The Convention Of Said Church In The States Of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia And South
Carolina, Held In Philadelphia From September 27 To October 7th,
1785.
Description: In this thoroughly revised edition of a classic in
spirituality, Walter Brueggemann guides the reader into a
thoughtful and moving encounter with the Psalms. This new edition
includes a revised text, new notes, and new bibliography. ""The
movement and meeting of God with us is indeed a speech-event in
which new humanness is evoked among us. Being attentive to language
means cultivating the candid imagination to bring our own
experience to the Psalms and permitting it to be disciplined by the
speech of the Psalms. And, conversely, it means letting the Psalms
address us and having that language reshape our sensitivities and
fill our minds with new pictures and images that may redirect our
lives."" --from Chapter 3 Endorsements: ""I am so glad to see this
second edition of Praying the Psalms. In it Walter Brueggemann
reveals the ways in which the Psalms teach the mother tongue of
biblical speech by inviting us to the risk of daring candor with
God.The contemporary church in North America regularly suffers
collective amnesia in the face of the languages of techno-speak,
market share and sentimental cliche that shape the world we
inhabit. Praying the Psalms offers a surprising antidote to this
chronic forgetfulness. It invites us to recover our ancient memory
and true identity by learning again to pray the Psalms. I know of
no better book for introducing a congregation to the Psalms than
this one."" --Edwin Searcy, Pastor, University Hill Congregation,
United Church of Canada, Vancouver, BC ""'The Psalms just don't
speak to me.' Anyone who has ever felt this way should read
Brueggemann's book. . . . He shows how these ancient prayers can
lead us from the disorientation of our chaotic lives into a
reorientation of transformation. His treatment of both the
post-Holocaust Christian use of these very Jewish prayers and the
troublesome call for vengeance is most timely. This book shows how
the Psalms can indeed speak to us."" --Dianne Bergant, CSA author
of Preaching the New Lectionary ."" . . Brueggemann pushesme and
other readersto recognize the full gamut of passions reflected in
the Psalms: joy and exultation but also disappointment, sorrow,
anger, resentment, even the desire for vengeance. . . . I am
grateful to Brueggemann for making me more alert to what the
Psalmsare saying about our common human relation to Godand more
honest about my own feelings as Ipray the Psalms every day as part
ofthe Liturgy of the Hours."" --Joseph A. Bracken, SJ coauthor of
Self-Emptying Love in a Global Context ""Few persons have so lived
in and with the Psalms as Walter Brueggemann. Here he takes us into
their depths, which are so clearly the depths of our human
existence. The piety of the Psalms is strong medicine. Brueggemann
bids us take it for the cure of our souls."" --Patrick D. Miller
author of Interpreting the Psalms and They Cried to the Lord About
the Contributor(s): Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus
McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia
Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He is the author of
numerous works including Theology of the Old Testament, Inscribing
the Text, Prophetic Imagination, and David's Truth.
This anthology explores the dynamics of shared religious sites in
Turkey, the Balkans, Palestine/Israel, Cyprus, and Algeria,
indicating where local and national stakeholders maneuver between
competition and cooperation, coexistence and conflict. Contributors
probe the notion of coexistence and the logic that underlies
centuries of "sharing," exploring when and why sharing gets
interrupted-or not-by conflict, and the policy consequences. These
essays map the choreographies of shared sacred spaces within the
framework of state-society relations, juxtaposing a site's
political and religious features and exploring whether sharing or
contestation is primarily religious or politically motivated.
Although religion and politics are intertwined phenomena, the
contributors to this volume understand the category of "religion"
and the "political" as devices meant to distinguish between the
theological and confessional aspects of religion and the political
goals of groups. Their comparative approach better represents the
transition in some cases of sites into places of hatred and
violence, while in other instances they remain noncontroversial.
The essays clearly delineate the religious and political factors
that contribute to the context and causality of conflict at these
sites and draw on history and anthropology to shed light on the
often rapid switch from relative tolerance to distress to peace and
calm.
The perfect resource to explain christian church symbolism. If you
are new to liturgical worship, through conversion or rediscovery,
you may find yourself surrounded by images and traditions that are
totally foreign to your experience of church. This thorough guide
uses understandable language to explain the signs, symbols,
gestures, vestments, calendar, and architectural and sacramental
elements of the liturgy. With clarity and insight, Patricia Klein
explores the meaning of these time-honored traditions, as well as
their historical and biblical roots. New to this edition are
expanded sections on liturgical colors, pre-Lenten traditions, the
Last Things, saints' feast days, and symbols of Easter, martyrdom,
saints, and the Virgin Mary; as well as entirely new sections on
symbols of sin and temptation, and Old Testament saints and their
symbols in art and architecture.
Move closer to God one day at a time by reading the Psalms and
practicing prayer in ways you may not have imagined before. This is
a prayer book for every day of the year for people who don't
usually think about using a prayer book. Drawing on a wide variety
of resources—lives of saints and sages from every age, psalms,
guides for personal reflection and suggestions for practice—Rev.
Larry J. Peacock offers helpful guidance for anyone hungry for a
richer prayer life. Each day's reading has four parts: Remember a
notable person of faith or a significant event Read a psalm or
another scripture passage Ponder that day's scripture or person of
faith Practice a variety of ways to pray, including prayer through
play, music and physical movement This new edition features the
addition of ancient and modern sages from inside and outside the
Christian tradition as well as updated resources for deepening your
spiritual life throughout the year.
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