🕊️ Liberal Judaism

Explorations of progressive Jewish thought and practice, where tradition meets modernity and ancient texts are read with contemporary moral urgency.

Living a Jewish Life, Updated and Revised Edition

by Anita Diamant • 1991

Skip the guilt, build a sacred Jewish home: choose the traditions that fit your family.

4.22

1k+

🏠 Jewish Home 🕯️ Shabbat Observance 📅 Jewish Holidays

Living a Jewish Life, Updated and Revised Edition Summary

Living a Jewish Life, Updated and Revised Edition 93%

Skip the guilt, build a sacred Jewish home: choose the traditions that fit your family.

by Anita Diamant 1991

4.22

1k+ ratings

🏠 Jewish Home 🕯️ Shabbat Observance 📅 Jewish Holidays

Here All Along

by Sarah Hurwitz • 2019

She dismissed Judaism as frozen ancient rules, then discovered a tradition that runs on questioning.

4.44

3k+

🕍 Modern Judaism ✨ Jewish Spirituality 🌈 Progressive Judaism

Here All Along 92%

She dismissed Judaism as frozen ancient rules, then discovered a tradition that runs on questioning.

by Sarah Hurwitz 2019

4.44

3k+ ratings

🕍 Modern Judaism ✨ Jewish Spirituality 🌈 Progressive Judaism

A Letter in the Scroll

by Jonathan Sacks • 2000

A summons, not a solace: Jewish identity as a calling to repair a broken world.

4.50

570

🕎 Jewish Identity 📚 Rabbinic Philosophy 🕯️ Post-Holocaust Theology

A Letter in the Scroll 92%

A summons, not a solace: Jewish identity as a calling to repair a broken world.

by Jonathan Sacks 2000

4.50

570 ratings

🕎 Jewish Identity 📚 Rabbinic Philosophy 🕯️ Post-Holocaust Theology

Judaism

by Norman Solomon • 1996

Three millennia of law and identity, compressed into a guide that ends where the headlines begin.

3.35

992

🕎 Judaism 🌍 World Religions 📜 Jewish History

Judaism 91%

Three millennia of law and identity, compressed into a guide that ends where the headlines begin.

by Norman Solomon 1996

3.35

992 ratings

🕎 Judaism 🌍 World Religions 📜 Jewish History

Jewish with Feeling

by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi • 2004

A Jewish Renewal founder shows how to turn prayer into conversation and Shabbat into sacred rest.

4.21

254

✡️ Jewish Practice 🕎 Modern Judaism 🔄 Jewish Renewal

Jewish with Feeling 91%

A Jewish Renewal founder shows how to turn prayer into conversation and Shabbat into sacred rest.

by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi 2004

4.21

254 ratings

✡️ Jewish Practice 🕎 Modern Judaism 🔄 Jewish Renewal

Choosing a Jewish Life

by Anita Diamant • 1998

From rabbi to mikvah to community: the practical handbook for anyone converting to Judaism.

4.23

2k+

🕍 Jewish Conversion 👨‍👩‍👧 Interfaith Families ✡️ Jewish Practice

Choosing a Jewish Life 90%

From rabbi to mikvah to community: the practical handbook for anyone converting to Judaism.

by Anita Diamant 1998

4.23

2k+ ratings

🕍 Jewish Conversion 👨‍👩‍👧 Interfaith Families ✡️ Jewish Practice

Nine and a Half Mystics

by Herbert Weiner • 1997

A Reform rabbi searches for living mystics and finds Kabbalah's ancient fire still burning.

4.03

🕍 Jewish Mysticism 🕯️ Hasidic Thought 🧭 Spiritual Quest

Nine and a Half Mystics 90%

A Reform rabbi searches for living mystics and finds Kabbalah's ancient fire still burning.

by Herbert Weiner 1997

4.03

68 ratings

🕍 Jewish Mysticism 🕯️ Hasidic Thought 🧭 Spiritual Quest

Judaism's Ten Best Ideas

by Arthur Green • 2014

A scholar's invitation to Jewish wisdom: ten ideas that make life more joyful and whole.

4.34

425

🕍 Jewish Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Seekers 😄 Joy In Faith

Judaism's Ten Best Ideas 90%

A scholar's invitation to Jewish wisdom: ten ideas that make life more joyful and whole.

by Arthur Green 2014

4.34

425 ratings

🕍 Jewish Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Seekers 😄 Joy In Faith

The Necessity of Exile

by Shaul Magid • 2023

When sovereignty fails, exile becomes the ethical engine. A case for moving beyond Zionism.

4.20

246

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Jewish Diaspora 🗣️ Zionism Debate

The Necessity of Exile 90%

When sovereignty fails, exile becomes the ethical engine. A case for moving beyond Zionism.

by Shaul Magid 2023

4.20

246 ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Jewish Diaspora 🗣️ Zionism Debate

To Heal a Fractured World

by Jonathan Sacks • 2007

Faith is not acceptance but a summons to responsibility: Jewish ethics of justice, love, and repair.

4.56

685

📜 Jewish Ethics ⚖️ Charity And Justice ❤️ Love In Action

To Heal a Fractured World 90%

Faith is not acceptance but a summons to responsibility: Jewish ethics of justice, love, and repair.

by Jonathan Sacks 2007

4.56

685 ratings

📜 Jewish Ethics ⚖️ Charity And Justice ❤️ Love In Action

The First Jewish Environmentalist

by Yuval Jobani • 2023

Called Zionism back to the land, literally: labor as prayer, veganism as sacred duty.

🧠 Jewish Philosophy 🌱 Environmental Philosophy ✡️ Zionist Thought

The First Jewish Environmentalist Summary

The First Jewish Environmentalist 90%

Called Zionism back to the land, literally: labor as prayer, veganism as sacred duty.

by Yuval Jobani 2023

🧠 Jewish Philosophy 🌱 Environmental Philosophy ✡️ Zionist Thought

Heart of a Stranger

by Angela Buchdahl • 2025

Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.

4.62

4k+

🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir 🕊️ Interfaith Families 🟤 Jews Of Color

Heart of a Stranger 90%

Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.

by Angela Buchdahl 2025

4.62

4k+ ratings

🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir 🕊️ Interfaith Families 🟤 Jews Of Color

Man Is Not Alone

by Abraham Joshua Heschel • 1951

Meaning is discovered, awe is required, and God needs us as much as we need God.

4.41

690

🕊️ Philosophy Of Religion ✡️ Jewish Theology 🌌 Wonder And Awe

Man Is Not Alone 90%

Meaning is discovered, awe is required, and God needs us as much as we need God.

by Abraham Joshua Heschel 1951

4.41

690 ratings

🕊️ Philosophy Of Religion ✡️ Jewish Theology 🌌 Wonder And Awe

The Dignity of Difference

by Jonathan Sacks • 2002

Universalism and tribalism are twin threats. Peace is built on particularity, not sameness.

4.28

577

🕊️ Religious Pluralism 🌍 Global Ethics ⛪ Political Theology

The Dignity of Difference 90%

Universalism and tribalism are twin threats. Peace is built on particularity, not sameness.

by Jonathan Sacks 2002

4.28

577 ratings

🕊️ Religious Pluralism 🌍 Global Ethics ⛪ Political Theology

The Prophets

by Abraham Joshua Heschel • 1962

The prophets saw injustice as a wound in God himself, not just a human failure.

4.40

1k+

🧱 Biblical Theology 🔥 Prophetic Tradition 🤝 Divine-Human Relationship

The Prophets 90%

The prophets saw injustice as a wound in God himself, not just a human failure.

by Abraham Joshua Heschel 1962

4.40

1k+ ratings

🧱 Biblical Theology 🔥 Prophetic Tradition 🤝 Divine-Human Relationship

The Sabbath

by Abraham Joshua Heschel • 1951

The first holy object was a day. The Sabbath offers liberation from a civilization of things.

4.37

8k+

🕍 Jewish Spirituality ✡️ Sabbath Theology ⏳ Sacred Time

The Sabbath 90%

The first holy object was a day. The Sabbath offers liberation from a civilization of things.

by Abraham Joshua Heschel 1951

4.37

8k+ ratings

🕍 Jewish Spirituality ✡️ Sabbath Theology ⏳ Sacred Time

God Is a Verb

by David A. Cooper • 1997

Kabbalah: a divine process, not a deity; a practical path for repairing the world.

4.29

821

🕎 Jewish Mysticism ✨ Practical Mysticism 🧘 Consciousness Practice

God Is a Verb 90%

Kabbalah: a divine process, not a deity; a practical path for repairing the world.

by David A. Cooper 1997

4.29

821 ratings

🕎 Jewish Mysticism ✨ Practical Mysticism 🧘 Consciousness Practice

Jew[ish]

by Matt Greene • 2020

His name got the triple parentheses. He set out to find what being Jew[ish] means today.

3.54

2k+

✡️ Jewish Identity 🕎 Modern Judaism ⚠️ Anti-Semitism

Jew[ish] 90%

His name got the triple parentheses. He set out to find what being Jew[ish] means today.

by Matt Greene 2020

3.54

2k+ ratings

✡️ Jewish Identity 🕎 Modern Judaism ⚠️ Anti-Semitism

Be Still and Get Going

by Alan Lew • 2005

A rabbi finds a practice for fear in Torah, and meditation is how you train it.

4.21

205

🕍 Jewish Meditation 😔 Suffering And Spirituality 🦁 Overcoming Fear

Be Still and Get Going 90%

A rabbi finds a practice for fear in Torah, and meditation is how you train it.

by Alan Lew 2005

4.21

205 ratings

🕍 Jewish Meditation 😔 Suffering And Spirituality 🦁 Overcoming Fear

The Misunderstood Jew

by Amy-Jill Levine • 2006

The New Testament isn't anti-Jewish. Most readings of it are. A Jewish scholar untangles why.

4.07

1k+

🤝 Jewish-Christian Relations ✡️ Jewish Jesus 🕊️ Interfaith Dialogue

The Misunderstood Jew 89%

The New Testament isn't anti-Jewish. Most readings of it are. A Jewish scholar untangles why.

by Amy-Jill Levine 2006

4.07

1k+ ratings

🤝 Jewish-Christian Relations ✡️ Jewish Jesus 🕊️ Interfaith Dialogue

The Threshold of Dissent

by Marjorie Feld • 2024

American Jewish unity on Israel was never a consensus. It was enforced, and the critics erased.

3.98

🕎 American Jewish History ⚖️ Zionism And Anti-Zionism 💡 Intellectual Dissent

The Threshold of Dissent 89%

American Jewish unity on Israel was never a consensus. It was enforced, and the critics erased.

by Marjorie Feld 2024

3.98

66 ratings

🕎 American Jewish History ⚖️ Zionism And Anti-Zionism 💡 Intellectual Dissent

Beyond the Instant

by Mark Wildes • 2018

Giving, commitment, and failure: the Jewish path to a happiness social media never delivers.

4.38

✡️ Jewish Ethics 🧩 Happiness Paradox ❤️ Altruism And Wellbeing

Beyond the Instant 89%

Giving, commitment, and failure: the Jewish path to a happiness social media never delivers.

by Mark Wildes 2018

4.38

26 ratings

✡️ Jewish Ethics 🧩 Happiness Paradox ❤️ Altruism And Wellbeing

Cuando a la Gente Buena Le Pasan Cosas Malas

by Harold S. Kushner • 1981

Why suffering strikes without reason, and how a limited God can still offer comfort and community.

4.03

20k+

⚖️ Theodicy 📊 Process Theology ✡️ Jewish Spirituality

Cuando a la Gente Buena Le Pasan Cosas Malas Summary

Cuando a la Gente Buena Le Pasan Cosas Malas 89%

Why suffering strikes without reason, and how a limited God can still offer comfort and community.

by Harold S. Kushner 1981

4.03

20k+ ratings

⚖️ Theodicy 📊 Process Theology ✡️ Jewish Spirituality

Menachem Mendel Schneerson

by Ezra Glinter • 2024

A Hasidic rebbe with a science degree built a global movement. His followers called him Messiah.

4.30

🕍 Hasidic Judaism 👤 Rabbinic Biography ✡️ Messianic Movements

Menachem Mendel Schneerson 89%

A Hasidic rebbe with a science degree built a global movement. His followers called him Messiah.

by Ezra Glinter 2024

4.30

33 ratings

🕍 Hasidic Judaism 👤 Rabbinic Biography ✡️ Messianic Movements

Einstein and the Rabbi

by Naomi Levy • 2017

Found: Einstein's letter on cosmic oneness. A rabbi's guide to the soul it inspired.

4.28

1k+

🕍 Jewish Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Self-Help 🔮 Jewish Mysticism

Einstein and the Rabbi 89%

Found: Einstein's letter on cosmic oneness. A rabbi's guide to the soul it inspired.

by Naomi Levy 2017

4.28

1k+ ratings

🕍 Jewish Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Self-Help 🔮 Jewish Mysticism

God in Search of Man

by Abraham Joshua Heschel • 1955

The real religious question isn't 'Does God exist?' but 'Am I present enough to notice?'

4.40

2k+

🕍 Jewish Thought 📚 Philosophy Of Religion ✨ Wonder And Awe

God in Search of Man 89%

The real religious question isn't 'Does God exist?' but 'Am I present enough to notice?'

by Abraham Joshua Heschel 1955

4.40

2k+ ratings

🕍 Jewish Thought 📚 Philosophy Of Religion ✨ Wonder And Awe

The Happiness Prayer

by Evan Moffic • 2017

Ten ancient Jewish practices for happiness. None of them asks for more than showing up.

4.10

130

✡️ Jewish Wisdom 😊 Happiness Practices 🙏 Gratitude Practice

The Happiness Prayer 89%

Ten ancient Jewish practices for happiness. None of them asks for more than showing up.

by Evan Moffic 2017

4.10

130 ratings

✡️ Jewish Wisdom 😊 Happiness Practices 🙏 Gratitude Practice

God Wears Lipstick

by Karen Berg • 2005

Kabbalah says women arrive spiritually whole. The work is learning to wield what you already have.

3.93

883

🕎 Jewish Mysticism 🌙 Women'S Spirituality 💞 Spiritual Relationships

God Wears Lipstick 89%

Kabbalah says women arrive spiritually whole. The work is learning to wield what you already have.

by Karen Berg 2005

3.93

883 ratings

🕎 Jewish Mysticism 🌙 Women'S Spirituality 💞 Spiritual Relationships

The Kabbalah of Money

by Nilton Bonder • 1996

Money measures trust, not just value. A rabbi on the ethics your wallet demands.

4.17

107

⚖️ Jewish Business Ethics 🧮 Ethical Economics 🙏 Spiritual Money

The Kabbalah of Money 89%

Money measures trust, not just value. A rabbi on the ethics your wallet demands.

by Nilton Bonder 1996

4.17

107 ratings

⚖️ Jewish Business Ethics 🧮 Ethical Economics 🙏 Spiritual Money

The Essential Talmud

by Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz • 1976

The Jewish text that matters most isn't the Bible: it's a centuries-long argument still unfinished.

4.02

742

📚 Rabbinic Literature ⚖️ Jewish Law 🗣️ Oral Tradition

The Essential Talmud 89%

The Jewish text that matters most isn't the Bible: it's a centuries-long argument still unfinished.

by Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz 1976

4.02

742 ratings

📚 Rabbinic Literature ⚖️ Jewish Law 🗣️ Oral Tradition

The Book of Jewish Values

by Joseph Telushkin • 2000

Jewish wisdom, one day at a time: 365 teachings to build honesty, fairness, and kinder speech.

4.49

579

✡️ Jewish Ethics 📅 Daily Reflections 🗣️ Ethical Speech

The Book of Jewish Values 89%

Jewish wisdom, one day at a time: 365 teachings to build honesty, fairness, and kinder speech.

by Joseph Telushkin 2000

4.49

579 ratings

✡️ Jewish Ethics 📅 Daily Reflections 🗣️ Ethical Speech

The Great Partnership

by Jonathan Sacks • 2011

Science explains. Religion gives meaning. The West kept the first and is losing the second.

4.40

1k+

🧬 Science And Religion 🕎 Jewish Philosophy 🧠 Left Brain Right Brain

The Great Partnership 89%

Science explains. Religion gives meaning. The West kept the first and is losing the second.

by Jonathan Sacks 2011

4.40

1k+ ratings

🧬 Science And Religion 🕎 Jewish Philosophy 🧠 Left Brain Right Brain

A History of the Jews

by Paul Johnson • 1987

They outlasted every empire that sought to destroy them. The four-thousand-year story of how.

4.17

3k+

✡️ Jewish History 🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Israel

A History of the Jews 89%

They outlasted every empire that sought to destroy them. The four-thousand-year story of how.

by Paul Johnson 1987

4.17

3k+ ratings

✡️ Jewish History 🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Israel

The Book of Job

by Harold S. Kushner • 2012

For anyone who has been told their pain is a punishment: a rabbi reads Job.

4.04

748

🏛️ Wisdom Literature ⚖️ Theodicy 💔 Suffering And Meaning

The Book of Job 89%

For anyone who has been told their pain is a punishment: a rabbi reads Job.

by Harold S. Kushner 2012

4.04

748 ratings

🏛️ Wisdom Literature ⚖️ Theodicy 💔 Suffering And Meaning

Holy Envy

by Barbara Brown Taylor • 2019

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

4.39

6k+

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

Holy Envy 89%

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019

4.39

6k+ ratings

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus

by Ann Spangler • 2009

Recovering Jesus' Jewish world unlocks the Gospels; nothing reads the same after.

4.43

3k+

🫒 Hebraic Roots 🕎 First-Century Judaism 📜 Rabbinic Methods

Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus Summary

Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus 88%

Recovering Jesus' Jewish world unlocks the Gospels; nothing reads the same after.

by Ann Spangler 2009

4.43

3k+ ratings

🫒 Hebraic Roots 🕎 First-Century Judaism 📜 Rabbinic Methods

Toward a Meaningful Life

by Simon Jacobson • 1995

A roadmap out of modern emptiness: why your soul is starving, and what to feed it.

4.28

561

✡️ Jewish Spirituality 🔥 Chassidic Thought 🌿 Everyday Holiness

Toward a Meaningful Life 88%

A roadmap out of modern emptiness: why your soul is starving, and what to feed it.

by Simon Jacobson 1995

4.28

561 ratings

✡️ Jewish Spirituality 🔥 Chassidic Thought 🌿 Everyday Holiness

Can We Talk About Israel?

by Daniel Sokatch • 2021

A guide to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for people who want to move beyond the slogans.

4.33

2k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics ✡️ Zionism History

Can We Talk About Israel? 88%

A guide to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for people who want to move beyond the slogans.

by Daniel Sokatch 2021

4.33

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics ✡️ Zionism History

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

by Emmanuel Acho • 2024

The world's oldest conspiracy theory, dissected by a Black Christian and an Israeli Jew.

4.4

3k+

🕎 Jewish Identity 🔥 Modern Antisemitism 🗺️ Zionism Explained

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew Summary

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew 88%

The world's oldest conspiracy theory, dissected by a Black Christian and an Israeli Jew.

by Emmanuel Acho 2024

4.4

3k+ ratings

🕎 Jewish Identity 🔥 Modern Antisemitism 🗺️ Zionism Explained

Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel

by Israel Shahak • 1998

A Jewish fundamentalist streak teaches that killing outsiders is no crime. English sources hide it.

4.16

🔴 Religious Extremism 📜 Political Theology 🇮🇱 Israeli Politics

Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel 88%

A Jewish fundamentalist streak teaches that killing outsiders is no crime. English sources hide it.

by Israel Shahak 1998

4.16

94 ratings

🔴 Religious Extremism 📜 Political Theology 🇮🇱 Israeli Politics

Good Book

by David Plotz • 2009

The Bible is stranger and more disturbing than you know. A skeptic read the whole thing.

3.82

2k+

🧾 Bible Commentary 😏 Irreverent Religion 📖 Reading Memoirs

Good Book 88%

The Bible is stranger and more disturbing than you know. A skeptic read the whole thing.

by David Plotz 2009

3.82

2k+ ratings

🧾 Bible Commentary 😏 Irreverent Religion 📖 Reading Memoirs

Not in God's Name

by Jonathan Sacks • 2015

Why Abraham's sons kill: a family feud, not theology, and the Bible contains the peace terms.

4.36

1k+

💥 Religious Violence 👬 Sibling Rivalry 📜 Scriptural Interpretation

Not in God's Name 88%

Why Abraham's sons kill: a family feud, not theology, and the Bible contains the peace terms.

by Jonathan Sacks 2015

4.36

1k+ ratings

💥 Religious Violence 👬 Sibling Rivalry 📜 Scriptural Interpretation

Short Stories by Jesus

by Amy-Jill Levine • 2014

Jesus told parables to disrupt, not soothe. A Jewish scholar recovers the shock they once delivered.

4.01

2k+

🏛️ Biblical Scholarship 🕍 First-Century Judaism 📖 Parables And Storytelling

Short Stories by Jesus 88%

Jesus told parables to disrupt, not soothe. A Jewish scholar recovers the shock they once delivered.

by Amy-Jill Levine 2014

4.01

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Biblical Scholarship 🕍 First-Century Judaism 📖 Parables And Storytelling

Our Palestine Question

by Geoffrey Phillip Levin • 2023

Declassified files expose Israel's covert campaign to suppress American Jewish dissent on Palestine.

4.17

📜 American Jewish History 🕊️ Israel-Palestine Conflict 🌐 Diaspora Politics

Our Palestine Question 88%

Declassified files expose Israel's covert campaign to suppress American Jewish dissent on Palestine.

by Geoffrey Phillip Levin 2023

4.17

99 ratings

📜 American Jewish History 🕊️ Israel-Palestine Conflict 🌐 Diaspora Politics

Kabbalah

by Yehuda Berg • 2009

Consciousness creates reality. A Kabbalist's guide to using yours to change money and fear.

4.18

337

🕎 Jewish Mysticism ✨ Law Of Attraction 🧘 Spiritual Self-Help

Kabbalah 88%

Consciousness creates reality. A Kabbalist's guide to using yours to change money and fear.

by Yehuda Berg 2009

4.18

337 ratings

🕎 Jewish Mysticism ✨ Law Of Attraction 🧘 Spiritual Self-Help

Jews Don't Count

by David Baddiel • 2021

When progressives list the oppressed, Jews get left off. A progressive insider asks why.

4.19

13k+

🧩 Progressive Blind Spots 💬 Anti-Semitism Debate 🎬 Jewish Representation

Jews Don't Count 88%

When progressives list the oppressed, Jews get left off. A progressive insider asks why.

by David Baddiel 2021

4.19

13k+ ratings

🧩 Progressive Blind Spots 💬 Anti-Semitism Debate 🎬 Jewish Representation

The Zohar

by Daniel C. Matt • 2003

Underneath scripture's skin lies a dynamic, erotic map of God: the Zohar, Kabbalah's masterpiece.

4.40

255

🕎 Jewish Mysticism 📜 Kabbalistic Texts 🏰 Medieval Kabbalah

The Zohar 88%

Underneath scripture's skin lies a dynamic, erotic map of God: the Zohar, Kabbalah's masterpiece.

by Daniel C. Matt 2003

4.40

255 ratings

🕎 Jewish Mysticism 📜 Kabbalistic Texts 🏰 Medieval Kabbalah

I and Thou

by Martin Buber • 1923

Life divides into two modes: treating the world as an object, or meeting it as a presence.

4.07

12k+

🗣️ Philosophy Of Dialogue ✝️ Religious Existentialism 👥 Intersubjectivity

I and Thou 88%

Life divides into two modes: treating the world as an object, or meeting it as a presence.

by Martin Buber 1923

4.07

12k+ ratings

🗣️ Philosophy Of Dialogue ✝️ Religious Existentialism 👥 Intersubjectivity

Surprised by Christ

by A. James Bernstein • 2008

He set out to debunk Jesus. The Jewish prophecies brought him to the Orthodox Church instead.

4.40

176

💒 Eastern Orthodoxy ✡️ Conversion Memoir 📜 Messianic Prophecy

Surprised by Christ 88%

He set out to debunk Jesus. The Jewish prophecies brought him to the Orthodox Church instead.

by A. James Bernstein 2008

4.40

176 ratings

💒 Eastern Orthodoxy ✡️ Conversion Memoir 📜 Messianic Prophecy

Reading the Bible Again For the First Time

by Marcus J. Borg • 2001

The Bible's truth isn't in its facts. Reading it as metaphor reveals what literalism misses.

4.15

4k+

📖 Biblical Interpretation ✝️ Progressive Christianity 📜 Historical Criticism

Reading the Bible Again For the First Time Summary

Reading the Bible Again For the First Time 88%

The Bible's truth isn't in its facts. Reading it as metaphor reveals what literalism misses.

by Marcus J. Borg 2001

4.15

4k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Interpretation ✝️ Progressive Christianity 📜 Historical Criticism

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