Our Immoral Soul
A Manifesto of Spiritual Disobedience
!st Ed edition
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Word Count
32,000 words, Guess
Page Count
128 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8697700M
- ISBN-139781570628825
- ISBN-101570628823
- OCLC Control Number47208584
- Internet Archiveourimmoralsoulma0000bond
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2014464374
- LibraryThing2911419
- Goodreads100777
Classifications
- LCCBM645.S6 B6613 2014
- LCCBM645.S6 B6613 2001
Description
Rabbi Bonder turns a few conventional religious ideas on their heads as he examines the Bible and other Jewish teachings to identify the forces at play in individual, social, and spiritual transformation. Religious conformists believe that obeying the established moral order will lead to the salvation of our souls. On the contrary, says Bonder, the human spirit is nourished by what society labels immoral. Even the Bible legitimizes the notion that we have a God-given urge to rebel against the status quo in order to evolve, grow, and ascend. It is this "immoral" soul of ours that impels us to do battle with God - and out of this clash, Bonder predicts, a new humanity will emerge. In the course of discussion, the author examines a variety of intriguing issues touching on religion, science, and culture, including the teachings of evolutionary psychology; the relation of body and soul; infidelity in marriage; anti-Semitism and the Jew as traitor; transgression, sacrifice, and redemption in Judaism and Christianity; and the Messiah as archetypal transgressor --Amazon.
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