Putting God second
Subtitle: how to save religion from itself
By: Donniel Hartman
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780807053928
Subjects: Religious Psychology; Apologetics; Judaism; Apologetic works; Abrahamic religions; Islam
Description: Why have the monotheistic religions failed to produce societies that live up to their ethical ideals? A prominent rabbi answers this question by looking at his own faith and offering a way for religion to heal itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion's autoimmune disease; title: You are your brother's keeper: the religious ethic of non-indifference; title: God intoxication and God manipulation; title: Recovering from God intoxication; title: Immunizing against god manipulation; title: When scripture is the problem; title: Do I have to believe in God to be a good Jew?; title: Putting God first by putting God second.