Crossing the boundary
Subtitle: stories of Jewish leaders of other spiritual paths
By: Alan Levin
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Regent Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9781587903175
Subjects: Religious biography; Jews; Biography
Description: "Fourteen Jewish men and women stepped beyond their family religion to become leaders of other spiritual paths. They became a Sikh, Sufi, Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu chant master, visionary artist, Advaita teacher, Pagan witch, interfaith minister, Catholic priest, and a leader of a syncretic Brazilian church. Alan Levin shares their fascinating stories and their wisdom with rich reflections on the meaning of tribal identity, heresy, and who and what we truly are." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-[418]).
Table of contents: title: My story; title: Father Paul Mayer, Catholic priest; title: Starhawk, witch; title: Pir Shabda Kahn, Sufi leader; title: Sharon Salzberg, Buddhist teacher with Insight Meditation Society; title: Martin Lowenthal, Buddhist teacher (Tibetan/Bön lineage); title: Isaac Shapiro, Advaita teacher; title: Victoria Amy Austin, Soto Zen Buddhist priest; title: Krishna Das, kirtan wallah (chant master); title: Allyson Grey, artist; title: Tom (Tomás) Pinkson, traveling troubadour cosmic coyote magic mojo medicine man; title: Padrinho Jonathan Goldman, leader of the Church of the Holy Light of the Queen (Santo Daime); title: Nettie Spiwack, interfaith minister; title: Ken Cohen, Taoist and Qigong master; title: Sat Santokh Singh Khalsa, Sikh; title: Heresy - The tale of Aher, Elisha ben Abuya; title: Drawing conclusions - The journey with Jewishness and beyond.