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These Truths We Hold - Judaism in an Age of Truthiness (Paperback)
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These Truths We Hold - Judaism in an Age of Truthiness (Paperback)
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Our nation's founding document, the Declaration of Independence,
confidently declares, "These truths we hold to be self-evident" And
yet, America today seems mired in a truth crisis. Postmodern
relativism has cast doubt on the Enlightenment notion of shared,
self-evident truths held by all; technologies have made the swift
proliferation of untruths commonplace; political sensibilities have
become so partisan as to tolerate public personalities who brazenly
lie. Many Americans, Jews among them, are understandably concerned
for the future of truth as we once knew it. With this book, These
Truths We Hold: Judaism in an Age of Truthiness, the editors and
HUC-JIR have demonstrated a commitment to full engagement in the
contemporary moment as well as to our Jewish heritage as a
repository of complex and deep truths. We have assembled an
impressive list of contributors who address the subject of truth in
Jewish tradition and in contemporary Jewish life from several
important perspectives: biblical, talmudic, liturgical, scientific,
philosophical, satirical, pluralistic, and poetic. The articles are
meant to shore up faith and to serve as a bank of resources to
orient readers to Judaism's rich, multi-faceted and morally
edifying teachings about truth.
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