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You no longer have to choose between what you know and what you believe—an accessible introduction to a theological game-changer.

"I wrote this book for you if you want to be able to locate your life in a single, encompassing story, one that includes everything from the first moment the universe began until yesterday, a narrative that embraces deepest personal meaning, a yearning to love and be loved, a quest for social justice and compassion."
—from the Introduction

Much of what you were told you should believe when you were younger forces you to choose between your spirit and your intellect, between science and religion, between morality and dogma: unchanging laws of nature vs. miracles that sound magical; a good God vs. the tragedies that strike all living creatures; a God who knows the future absolutely vs. an open future that you help to shape through your choices.

This fascinating introduction to Process Theology from a Jewish perspective shows that these are false choices. Inspiring speaker, spiritual leader and philosopher Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson presents an overview of what Process Theology is and what it can mean for your spiritual life. He explains how Process Theology can break you free from the strictures of ancient Greek and medieval European philosophy, allowing you to see all creation not as this or that, us or them, but as related patterns of energy through which we connect to everything. Armed with Process insights and tools, you can break free from outdated religious dichotomies and affirm that your religiosity, your spirit, your mind and your ethics all strengthen and refine each other.

ISBN-13: 9781580237130

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Publication Date: 09-01-2013

Pages: 208

Product Dimensions: 6.20(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL, (www.bradartson.com) an inspiring speaker and educator, holds the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is vice president of American Jewish Universityin Los Angeles. He is a member of the philosophy department, supervises the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program and mentors Camp Ramah in California. He is also dean of Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam, Germany, ordaining rabbis for the European Union. A regular columnist for the Huffington Post, he is author of many articles and books, including Renewing the Process of Creation: A Jewish Integration of Science and Spirit; God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology and Passing Life’s Tests: Spiritual Reflections on the Trial of Abraham, the Binding of Isaac (all Jewish Lights).

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii


Part I
On the Way
An Introduction to Process Theology 1
1. The Living, Luring God
Recovering a Biblically and Rabbinically Rooted Divine 3
2. Reality and Relationship
Being a Creature in a Constantly Co-created Cosmos 9
3. Change, Choice, and Gift
The Dynamic Nature of Covenant 17
4. Continuous Creation
Process Theology and the Metaphors of Our Origins 21
5. Life and the Experience of Evil
Process Theology's Eye-Opening Approach
to Tension, Trauma, and Possibility 30
6. The Process of Revelation
Spiritual and Cognitive, Primal and Verbal 35
7. Death and Afterlife
Two Paradigms of Hope and Enduring Significance 57

Part II
Process Theology and Jewish Life 61
8. The Power of Resilient Love
The Persuasive Persistence of Loving-Kindness 64
9. "The Body Is the Glory of the Soul"
Finding Holiness in the Integration of Spirited Bodies 74
10. The Thresholds of Our Lives
Judaism's Rituals and Observances of Becoming 82
11. Imperatives of a Loving Heart
Responding to Life's Lure through
Sacred Commandments 90
12. Revelation and a Living Relationship of Love
An Open-Ended Torah and Building Holy Community 101
13. Everywhere I Go
Process Theology's Embrace of Israel and Diaspora 107
14. The Process of Offering Ourselves
What We Do When We Pray 122
15. God Is Becoming
Tragedy, Judaism, and Process 130
16. Ever Dying, Never Dead
Finding Gifts in Our Mortality 134
17. Untrammeled Future
Freedom and Becoming 140


Conclusion: Judaism—A Personal Affirmation 147
Epilogue: A Father’s Letter to His Son 155
Acknowledgments 162
Notes 166
For Further Exploration: Process Resources 172