A Godless Jew
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A Godless Jew
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Author : Peter Gay
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1987-01-01
A Godless Jew written by Peter Gay and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Argues that Freud was an atheist and that atheism was an important prerequisite for his development of psychoanalysis
The Reluctant Jew
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Author : Michael Grossman
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2007-03-02
The Reluctant Jew written by Michael Grossman and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-02 with Religion categories.
Even if you are agnostic or hard-core atheist there is a dazzling, thought-expanding, bright side to religion you may have overlooked. Living a spiritual life in the tradition of the Jewish faith, does not mean mindless adherence to outdated dogma. Judaism, instead, can be a source of exhilarating wonder, an inspiration to justice, and an impetus to ever increasing knowledge. Nowadays, even many who profess to be the most pious among us realize that when asked, What is God?, they must answer logically, even scientifically, to be persuasive. Theyre aware that any religion, to be convincing, other than to die-hard adherents, can not be at odds with reason and blindly insist only it speaks the truth. The field, therefore, is wide open. Each of us can attempt to journey towards a concept of God that makes sense, celebrates the discoveries of science, and will, hopefully, imbue the traveler with wonderment at the astonishing beauty in the world that too often lays hidden from us. Join Michael Grossman in his journey to the heart of Judaism, which places much more emphasis on "what people do" than on "what they believe," and in the process, an understanding of all the worlds great faiths.
God Of Daniel S
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Author : Alan W. Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
God Of Daniel S written by Alan W. Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
The author, confronting head-on the disparate fragments of Jewish life in America, has illuminated a new kind of meaningful life-style that will be of utmost importance to every Jew in America today. He portrays the entire spectrum of Jewish archetypes in anecdotal, novelistic terms: the Orthodox, the Conservative, the Reform, the agnostic Zionist, the atheistic Yiddishist, the prodigal son, and finally, young Daniel S., whose parents rejected their Jewish roots, but who himself hungers for a meaningful identity. Originally published in 1969 by the Macmillan Company, this edition contains a new introduction by Jacob Neusner
Dual Allegiance
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Author : Moshe Gresser
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
Dual Allegiance written by Moshe Gresser and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Psychology categories.
Gresser presents an extended analysis of Freud's personal correspondence. Arranged in chronological order, the material conveys a vivid sense of Freud's personal and psychological development. Close reading of Freud's letters, with frequent attention to the original German and its cultural context, allows Gresser to weave a fascinating story of Freud's life and Jewish commitments, as seen through the words of the master himself.
The Oxford Handbook Of Atheism
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Author : Stephen Bullivant
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-11
The Oxford Handbook Of Atheism written by Stephen Bullivant and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with Philosophy categories.
This handbook is a pioneering edited volume, exploring atheism - understood in the broad sense of 'an absence of belief in the existence of a God or gods' - in its historical and contemporary expressions. It probes the varied manifestations and implications of unbelief from an array of disciplinary perspectives and in a range of global contexts.
To Be A Jew Today
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Author : Noah Feldman
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2024-03-05
To Be A Jew Today written by Noah Feldman and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-05 with Religion categories.
A leading public intellectual’s timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other. What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have become unsettled. In To Be a Jew Today, the legal scholar and columnist Noah Feldman draws on a lifelong engagement with his religion to offer a wide-ranging interpretation of Judaism in its current varieties. How do Jews today understand their relationship to God, to Israel, and to each other—and live their lives accordingly? Writing sympathetically but incisively about diverse outlooks, Feldman clarifies what’s at stake in the choice of how to be a Jew, and discusses the shared “theology of struggle” that Jews engage in as they wrestle with who God is, what God wants, or whether God exists. He shows how the founding of Israel has transformed Judaism itself over the last century—and explores the ongoing consequences of that transformation for all Jews, who find the meaning of their Jewishness and their views about Israel intertwined, no matter what those views are. And he examines the analogies between being Jewish and belonging to a large, messy family—a family that often makes its members crazy, but a family all the same. Written with learning, empathy and clarity, To Be a Jew Today is a critical resource for readers of all faiths.
Once A Jew Always A Jew
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Author : David Dvorkin
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-09-16
Once A Jew Always A Jew written by David Dvorkin and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-16 with categories.
Worldwide, the number of people who call themselves Jews is about 14 million.They may all call themselves Jews, but what they mean by that name varies widely. These self−described Jews range from the most Orthodox, who have submitted themselves entirely to the imagined dictates of an imaginary god, to those who practice various forms of Judaism that are so watered down that they scarcely qualify as a religion, to those who observe no part of Judaism at all other than the celebration of a festival that they may call Hanukkah but that is in reality merely a Judaized version of Christmas.In this short book, I focus on the United States, which until recently had the largest Jewish population in the world−−just under six million self−identified Jews. Although it was recently surpassed by Israel, America arguably still has the most politically, socially, and theologically influential Jewish population in the world. According to a survey conducted in 2013 by the respected Pew Research Center, of those almost six million American Jews, 22% "describe themselves as atheist, agnostic or having no particular religion[.]" In the case of the youngest adult American Jews, the so−called Millennial generation, "32% describe themselves as having no religion and identify as Jewish on the basis of ancestry, ethnicity or culture."This large group of Jews, which is a growing percentage of American Jewry, as the above Millennial number shows, is commonly referred to "secular Jews," although some of them prefer the label "atheist Jews." These are the people I want to discuss in this book.I contend that they are not Jews in any meaningful sense of the word. They may wish to call themselves Jews for a number of emotional reasons, but I call upon them to be intellectually honest and accept that they have ceased to be Jews. They are ex−Jews.The contrary argument is based on the idea encapsulated in the phrase "once a Jew, always a Jew." For the anti−Semite, this phrase is used as a slur. It refers to negative character traits supposedly possessed by all Jews.To Jews who think that there can be such a thing as a secular Jew, the phrase refers to some innate quality, entirely apart from religion, that distinguishes Jews from their non−Jewish neighbors.What is that innate quality? That's the crux of the issue. Let's go hunting for it.
My German Question
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Author : Peter Gay
language : en
Publisher: Yale.ORIM
Release Date : 1998-10-07
My German Question written by Peter Gay and has been published by Yale.ORIM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-07 with History categories.
“Not only a memoir, it’s also a fierce reply to those who criticized German-Jewish assimilation and the tardiness of many families in leaving Germany” (Publishers Weekly). In this poignant book, a renowned historian tells of his youth as an assimilated, anti-religious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1939—“the story,” says Peter Gay, “of a poisoning and how I dealt with it.” With his customary eloquence and analytic acumen, Gay describes his family, the life they led, and the reasons they did not emigrate sooner, and he explores his own ambivalent feelings—then and now—toward Germany its people. Gay relates that the early years of the Nazi regime were relatively benign for his family, yet even before the events of 1938–39, culminating in Kristallnacht, they were convinced they must leave the country. Gay describes the bravery and ingenuity of his father in working out this difficult emigration process, the courage of the non-Jewish friends who helped his family during their last bitter months in Germany, and the family’s mounting panic as they witnessed the indifference of other countries to their plight and that of others like themselves. Gay’s account—marked by candor, modesty, and insight—adds an important and curiously neglected perspective to the history of German Jewry. “Not a single paragraph is superfluous. His inquiry rivets without let up, powered by its unremitting candor.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review “[An] eloquent memoir.” —The Wall Street Journal “A moving testament to the agony the author experienced.” —Chicago Tribune “[A] valuable chronicle of what life was like for those who lived through persecution and faced execution.” —Choice
Battling The Gods
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Author : Tim Whitmarsh
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2016-02-02
Battling The Gods written by Tim Whitmarsh and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-02 with Religion categories.
How new is atheism? In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean to recover the stories of those who first refused the divinities. Long before the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the Greek world. But history is written by those who prevail, and the Age of Faith mostly suppressed the lively free-thinking voices of antiquity. Tim Whitmarsh brings to life the fascinating ideas of Diagoras of Melos, perhaps the first self-professed atheist; Democritus, the first materialist; and Epicurus and his followers. He shows how the early Christians came to define themselves against atheism, and so suppress the philosophy of disbelief. Battling the Gods is the first book on the origins of the secular values at the heart of the modern state. Authoritative and bold, provocative and humane, it reveals how atheism and doubt, far from being modern phenomena, have intrigued the human imagination for thousands of years.
The Jewish Intellectual Tradition
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Author : Alan Kadish
language : en
Publisher: Academic Studies PRess
Release Date : 2021-01-19
The Jewish Intellectual Tradition written by Alan Kadish and has been published by Academic Studies PRess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-19 with History categories.
The Jewish intellectual tradition has a long and complex history that has resulted in significant and influential works of scholarship. In this book, the authors suggest that there is a series of common principles that can be extracted from the Jewish intellectual tradition that have broad, even life-changing, implications for individual and societal achievement. These principles include respect for tradition while encouraging independent, often disruptive thinking; a precise system of logical reasoning in pursuit of the truth; universal education continuing through adulthood; and living a purposeful life. The main objective of this book is to understand the historical development of these principles and to demonstrate how applying them judiciously can lead to greater intellectual productivity, a more fulfilling existence, and a more advanced society.