false 2650339 1 A combat-booted religious awakening and a look at what it takes to develop a spiritual practice <BR><BR>At thirteen, Danya Ruttenberg decided that she was an atheist. Watching the sea of adults standing up and sitting down at Rosh Hashanah services, and apparently giving credence to the patently absurd truth-claims of the prayer book, she came to a conclusion: Marx was right. <BR><BR>But as a young adult immersed in the rhinestone-bedazzled wonderland of late-1990s San Francisco, she found herself yearning for something she would eventually call God. And taking that yearning seriously, she came to find, would require much of her. <BR><BR>Surprised by God is the memoir of a young woman's spiritual awakening and eventual path to the rabbinate. It's a post-dotcom, third-wave, punk-rock Seven Storey Mountain—the story of integrating life on the edge of the twenty-first century into the discipline of traditional Judaism without sacrificing either. It's also a map through the hostile territory of the inner life, an unflinchingly honest guide to the kind of work that goes into developing a spiritual practice in today's world—and why, perhaps, doing this in today's world requires more work than it ever has. 2675081 15 8 2008 Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion total:29|5:11|4:9|3:8|2:0|1:1| 29 116 93 9 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 22:10:41 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 22:10:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 11:26:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:27:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 27 13:42:22 -0700 2008 Sat May 23 16:52:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 17 12:31:42 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 06:37:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 12:58:41 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 06 16:09:55 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 25 09:50:43 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 10:31:12 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 09:50:43 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 15:00:35 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 09:25:31 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Feb 04 10:21:27 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 11:29:20 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 11:30:12 -0800 2008
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