We had a very good discussion group under the trees in Gabriel Park yesterday for the “Sharing Our Texts” interfaith event. Represented were Islam, Paganism, Judaism, Universalism and Agnosticism/Atheism. It looks like we may be planning an Interfaith Picnic for the spring!
One of the resources I brought to the conversation was an interfaith reading list I’d put together in August 2001 for one of the courses on religious diversity I led in Richmond, Virginia. A request was made to share this online, so in addition to e-mailing the original document, I figured I’d share this here as well.
This is not [...]
Do you know what you believe? Really?
I thought I knew what my beliefs were. But as I related in my essay/review on Barbara Bradley Hagerty’s “Fingerprints of God,” I’ve found all too often that I don’t have ready answers for tough questions.
The easy challenges I can handle — such as, when a friend or family member points to the recent East Coast blizzards as evidence against global warming. I just try to explain that the term “global warming” is often misunderstood, because it refers to the warming of ocean temperatures (which impact weather patterns, resulting in more severe and catastrophic [...]
As part of my Jewish conversion process — and also out of my own curiosity — I recently read Arthur Green’s “Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow.” There’s a great deal of food for thought in these pages — including an entire chapter on “Kabbalah for an Environmental Age.” One passage in particular that struck me was:
The main Hebrew term for “soul” is neshamah, actually meaning “breath.” When the Torah depicts God blowing the breath of life into Adam’s nostrils (Gen. 2:7), Adam becomes a “living being,” a bearer of soul. Our soul comes into being in the moment when God [...]
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