By Hadley Meares — 2016
Hildegard of Bingen fought the patriarchy from her cloister.
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The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance.
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The American Jewish University hosted authors Sam Harris and Rabbi David Wolpe to discuss the existence of God and the role of religion and faith in society.
Drawing on the Bible, Talmud, and Midrashic sources, the author traces the Jewish search for God through language.
In a work of remarkable clarity and wisdom, Rabbi Wolpe confronts a central dilemma of modern Judaism, combining his deep knowledge of ancient tradition with modern sensibilities to show contemporary Jews that God still speaks to them--to their daily struggles, angers, fears, and needs, offering...
We are taught to study, to learn, and to let ourselves grow Jewishly.
In this short and inspiring text, Rabbi David J. Wolpe addresses all who seek to enlarge the spiritual side of their lives.
Mysticism is traditionally defined as the yearning for direct connection to a transcendent reality and is referred to as the esoteric dimension of religious search.
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Rabbi Noa Kushner discusses the difficulty of being a young woman rabbi in a male-dominated environment.
The sheer number of mystical traditions in the world can be overwhelming to seekers new to the metaphysical world. Summing up the universal truths underlying many mystic institutions, The Mystic Foundation is an initial step toward understanding the wisdom of each.
Thanks in large part to the struggles of their activist foremothers, today’s young Jewish women have a dizzying array of spiritual options.