Repentance
Subtitle: the meaning and practice of teshuvah
By: Louis E. Newman ; foreword by Harold M. Schulweis ; preface by Karyn D. Kedar.
Contributors: Schulweis, Harold M.; Kedar, Karyn D., 1957-
Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Woodstock, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580234269
Subjects: Repentance -- Judaism; Sin -- Judaism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. The nature of sin.  Dimensions of sin; title: Sin as illness; title: Suffering shekhinah; title: Reverence for sin; title: Sin, guilt, and impurity; title: Sin, idolatry, and truth; title: Pt. II. Release from sin. Between two absolutes : God's demands and God's forgiveness; title: Responsibility and accountability; title: Freedom, fate, and repentance; title: Atoning through sacrifice; title: Day of atonement; title: Suffering atones; title: Death as atonement; title: Pt. III. The way of teshuvah. Turning : the meaning of a metaphor; title: Step-by-step on the path of repentance; title: It is I; title: Remorse; title: Announce your sins; title: Apologize yet again; title: Making others whole again; title: Soul reckoning; title: Teshuvah, complete and unending; title: Pt. IV. Teshuvah in three dimensions. Repentance, prayer, and righteousness; title: Being fully oneself; title: The dignity of penitents; title: Reconciliation and divine forgiveness; title: Teshuvah of love versus teshuvah of fear; title: Returning to the source; title: Experiencing teshuvah; title: A theological virtue; title: Devotion to truthfulness; title: Cultivating humility; title: God's role in teshuvah; title: One day ahead; title: Seeing the goodness; title: Faith in the certainty of renewal; title: Turning faults into merits; title: Pt. VI. Teshuvah : its problems and limits. Sinning against repentance; title: Jonah, justice, and repentance; title: Irredeemable sinners; title: A hardened heart; title: Repenting to the dead; title: Teshuvah : its moral and spiritual meaning; title: Overcoming guilt; title: As God sees us; title: Divine freedom; title: Primordial teshuvah; title: Past and future; title: Ahead of the righteous; title: Repentance and redemption; title: The mystery of teshuvah; title: Teshuvah in our time.