Healing and the Jewish Imagination
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Healing and the Jewish Imagination

Spiritual and Practical Perspectives on Judaism and Health

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Healing and the Jewish Imagination

Spiritual and Practical Perspectives on Judaism and Health

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Where Judaism and health intersect, healing may begin.

Essential reading for people interested in the Jewish healing, spirituality and spiritual direction movements, this groundbreaking volume explores the Jewish tradition for comfort in times of illness and Judaism's perspectives on the inevitable suffering with which we live.

Pushing the boundaries of Jewish knowledge, scholars, teachers, artists and activists examine the aspects of our mortality and the important distinctions between curing and healing. Topics discussed include:

  • The Importance of the Individual
  • Health and Healing among the Mystics
  • Hope and the Hebrew Bible
  • From Disability to Enablement
  • Overcoming Stigma
  • Jewish Bioethics

Drawing from literature, personal experience, and the foundational texts of Judaism, these celebrated thinkers show us that healing is an idea that can both soften us so that we are open to inspiration as well as toughen us—like good scar tissue—in order to live with the consequences of being human.

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Publisher
Jewish Lights
Year
2011
ISBN
9781580235945
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction: The Intersection of Judaism and Health
  6. 1: The Importance of the Individual in Jewish Thought and Writing
  7. 2: Health and Healing among the Mystics
  8. 3: Hope and the Hebrew Bible
  9. 4: From Disability to Enablement
  10. 5: Overcoming Stigma
  11. 6: Jewish Bioethics in Story and Law
  12. Conclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward
  13. Notes
  14. About Jewish Lights
  15. Copyright