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Sacred Relationships : Biblical Wisdom for Deepening Our Lives Together
In the latter part of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Ketuvim, one may find the world's first 'how-to' or 'self-help' book, one that focuses on creating and sustaining human relationships. So says author Rabbi Michael Barclay, who unlocks these writings in a way that rev...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Collegeville, MN :
Liturgical Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright; Contents; With Gratitude; Introduction: Ketuvim, Biblical Wisdom for Relationships; Of Talmuds, Targums, Texts, and Traditions; 1 Ruth: The First Interpersonal Relationship; Ruth and Naomi; The Primary Human Relationship of Parenthood; Naomi, the Life Coach; 2 Psalms: Experiencing God within Every Feeling; The Psalms as Literature; The Author of the Psalms: King David, the Man of Passion; Using the Psalms to See Divinity in Emotions; Gratitude, Praise, and Happiness; What If?; 3 Job: Transforming Suffering into Love; What Did I Do to Deserve This?
- How Can God Let the Good Suffer?How to Be Human in a Divine World; The Hidden Benefits of Suffering: Hitting the Curve Ball; 4 Proverbs: Knowing God in the Marketplace; King Solomon, the Wisest of Humans; Divine Experience of Family; Surviving the Marketplace in a Healthy Way; 5 Ecclesiastes: How to Find Awe in Every Place; The Depths of Awe Become the Heights of Understanding; Seeing the Divine in Every Place in Every Moment; 6 Song of Songs: Integrating Intimacy and the Divine; The Sensual Union with the Divine; Success, Sensuality, and the Temple; Sex, Solomon, and Intensity.
- To Love Another Person Is to See the Face of God7 Lamentations: Pain and the Promise That Comes from It; No Pain, No Gain; Teshuvah: A Map to Pass through the Dark Night; 8 Daniel: Time, Timelessness, and the Art of Being Present; Difficulties in Daniel; Do You Have the Time?; The Future Is Now; 9 Esther: Even Where God Isn't ... God Is; A Present God in the Midst of Absence?; Excess, Addictions, and Role Models; Embracing the Shadow, Unifying with the Light, and Being Willing to Walk Away; 10 Ezra-Nehemiah-Chronicles: Spirit Becomes Substance; The World Is the Temple; Ezra the Lawgiver.
- Nehemiah: Building the HolyThe Anchor of the Sabbath; Chronicles: Where Have We Been, and Where Are We Going?; Conclusion: The Journey in Every Place; Glossary.