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We Shall Build Anew : Stephen S. Wise, the Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Reinvention of American Liberal Judaism

Subjects: Reform Judaism--United States--HistoryHISTORY / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; HISTORY / Jewish

  • Abstract: How Rabbi Stephen S. Wise changed the trajectory of American Reform Judaism over the course of the twentieth century and well into the twenty-first In 1922, ...

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It Will Yet Be Heard : A Polish Rabbi's Witness of the Shoah and Survival

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, JewishHISTORY / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust

  • Abstract: Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer once described Dr. Leon Thorne's memoir as a work of “bitter truth” that he compared favorably to the works of ...

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Towards the Mystical Experience of Modernity : The Making of Rav Kook, 1865-1904

Subjects: Rabbis--Europe, Eastern--Biography; Jewish philosophy; Religious Zionism--PhilosophySOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; RELIGION / Comparative Religion

  • Abstract: Avraham Yitzhaq Ha-Cohen Kook (1865-1935) stands as a colossal figure of modern Jewish history and thought. Jurist, mystic, poet, theologian, communal leader, founder of the ...

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The Hagiographer and the Avatar : The Life and Works of Narayan Kasturi

Subjects: Hagiographers--India--Biography; Hagiography--History and criticismBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious

  • Abstract: In this biographical study, Antonio Rigopoulos explores the fundamental role of a hagiographer within a charismatic religious movement: in this case, ...

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Judah Magnes : The Prophetic Politics of a Religious Binationalist

Subjects: Reform Zionism; Rabbis--Palestine--Biography; Reform Judaism--PalestineBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine

  • Abstract: This comprehensive intellectual biography of Judah Magnes—the Reform rabbi, American Zionist leader, and inaugural Hebrew University chancellor—offers novel analysis ...

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Message of Isaiah 1—27 Then and Now

Subjects: RELIGION / Christianity / History; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious

  • Abstract: The purpose of the book is threefold. First, it summarizes the results of scholar discussion on the first 27 chapters of the book of Isaiah in ...

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All Roads Lead to Ram : The Personal History of a Spiritual Adventurer

Subjects: Hindus--BiographyRELIGION / Spirituality; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; RELIGION / Eastern

  • Abstract: “Sruti Ram is a fearless adventurer—a believer in miracles, mysticism and magic. His wondrous life proves that for the sincere seeker, the one who ...

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The Autobiography of Daniel Parker, Frontier Universalist

Subjects: Universalists--United States--Biography; Abolitionists--United States--BiographyBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century

  • Abstract: A vastly informative and rare early-American pioneer autobiography rescued from obscurity. In this remarkable memoir, Daniel Parker (1781–1861) recorded both the details ...

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The Book of Timothy : The Devil, My Brother, and Me

Subjects: Siblings; Child sexual abuse by clergy; Catholic women--United States--BiographyBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse

  • Abstract: Set in Rome, Chicago, and Anchorage, and spanning thirty years from crime to confrontation, The Book of Timothy: The Devil, My Brother, and Me recounts ...

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Saint Ignatius of Loyola : A Convert's Story

Subjects: Christian saints--Spain--BiographyBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; RELIGION / Leadership

  • Abstract: Change is an essential part of life. How we meet that change is where it can get interesting. When a person goes through a conversion ...

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