A day apart : how Jews, Christians, and Muslims find faith, freedom, and joy on the Sabbath /
The Sabbath is the original feast day, a day of joy and freedom from work, a holy day that allows us to reconnect with God, our fellows and nature. Now, in a compelling blend of journalism, scholarship and personal memoir, Christopher D. Ringwald examines the Sabbath from Creation to the present, we...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- From Sinai to Sunday: the Holy Day in three religions and three families
- The birth of the Sabbath: from creation to Mount Sinai and into the Promised Land in 1100 BCE
- The fight for the Sabbath: from the monarchy to Jesus and the age of the rabbis: 1000 BCE to 200 CE
- The Lord's Day: Easter to 1600
- Islam's Day of Judgment
- Citizens and Sabbatarians: 1600 to 1890
- The Sabbath defeated, reborn, converted: 1890 to the present
- The window on eternity
- Give me a break: work, rest, equality, play, and place
- The promise of peace: sharing the Holy Day.