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For Those Who Can't Believe: Overcoming the Obstacles to Faith
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The distinguished rabbi of one of America's largest congregations offers a welcoming view of Judaism that will inspire the believer and the non-believer alike.
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Paperback, 224 pages
Published
August 4th 1995
by Harper Perennial
(first published September 1994)
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This book struck me as a kinder, gentler version of Kushkoff's "Nothing Sacred." Whereas Kushkoff calls for a completely humanistic Judaism (but refuses to call himself a Reconstructionist Jew), Schulweis allows an eternal/constant God to stay remain in Judaism. He covers similar ground to Kushkoff, including reframing prayer, ritual, miracles, conscience, the nature of God, and the revelation of the Torah in a manner understandable to skeptical modern sensibilities.
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Harold M. Schulweis' FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T BELIEVE is not, I believe, "for those who can't believe." It is for those who are searching for meaning in rituals, for interesting ways of exploring tough questions, for opportunities to be part of a community, for a religious identity that is more clearly defined than waves of spirituality. The material that informs Schulweis' work comes primarily, though not exclusively, from Jewish sources; but to appreciate the book, one need not be a nonobservant Je
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This started out strong, but it feels like it lost its way in the last 2/3rds or so. I don't think it ultimately accomplished what it set out to, though it's well-written and interesting nonetheless.
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This book was recommended by our rabbi as one of the books on Judaism to prepare us for our wedding. At first I strongly resonated with it- as the target audience of someone who couldn't accept the God of the bible, but doesn't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. It proposes a middle ground and says it's OK to question. It is worthwhile to read, yet at times, the anecdotes meander and seem unneccessary. But in the end, I found it didn't really answer questions and I was not completely
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I really enjoyed a lot of the author's interpretations of what faith and religion can be for people who have a hard accepting them. I found these arguments and the book's style similar to Harold Kunsher's, but I find Kushner to be more modern or liberal (this author continually refers to God with male pronouns). Though it wasn't one of my favorite books to read, I found it overall useful in my investigations into religion.
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"I have come to know many believers with profound doubts and many unbelievers with deep yearnings for serious questions."
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This has been really interesting and engaging. Too bad I don't have more time to sit with this. It's also suffered from new additions to my collection, pushing this down the list.
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Sep 03, 2011
Sue
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it was ok
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Shelves:
jewish-themes,
philosophy-religion
I skimmed the book today. Thoughtful, well-written, but really not much that I didn't already know. The book was published in the mid-90s.
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