The Way Into Judaism and the EnvironmentAt a time of growing concern about environmental issues, Dr. Jeremy Benstein, founder and associate director of the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership, explores the relationship Jews have with the natural world, the ways in which Judaism contributes to contemporary social-environmental issues, the extent to which Judaism is part of the problem and how it can be part of the solution. Drawing from the Bible, rabbinic literature, midrash, the Jewish prayer book, and Jewish theology and philosophy, Benstein examines the dilemma of having dominion over the earth while serving and preserving it; what the Jewish calendar, including Shabbat and holidays, teaches us about our relationship with nature and the environment; and how contemporary environmental challenges present new and mind-opening opportunities for growth in Jewish thought and spiritual life. |
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... heaven and the earth . ” The significance of the ordering becomes apparent when compared with the second half of the latter verse , deemed by many to be the beginning of the second story : " When the Lord God made earth and heaven ...
... heaven and the earth . ” The significance of the ordering becomes apparent when compared with the second half of the latter verse , deemed by many to be the beginning of the second story : " When the Lord God made earth and heaven ...
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... heaven , and heaven is , well , in the heavens , up there . Mystics and renewal- ists rightly reframe God talk with images of depth and interiority : the Divine is in here , not up there ; truth wells up out of the depths , it is not ...
... heaven , and heaven is , well , in the heavens , up there . Mystics and renewal- ists rightly reframe God talk with images of depth and interiority : the Divine is in here , not up there ; truth wells up out of the depths , it is not ...
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... heaven . Arguably , emphasis on the hereafter represents the ultimate in delayed gratification . The belief in an ... heaven is something to emu- late in our lives now and not only to wait for after them , then it could have positive ...
... heaven . Arguably , emphasis on the hereafter represents the ultimate in delayed gratification . The belief in an ... heaven is something to emu- late in our lives now and not only to wait for after them , then it could have positive ...
Contents
Environmentalism Religion | 11 |
The Humble Ruler and the Stuff of Nature | 20 |
Creator Creating Creation | 33 |
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