Godwrestling, Round 2

by Waskow, Arthur I.

• ISBN13: 9781879045729
• ISBN10: 1879045729
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

Summary

How can we turn our religion into our lives? Wrestle with it. The sequel to his 1978 classic that helped pioneer the Jewish Renewal movement.

Table of Contents

Gateway to the Spiral	9	(8)
PART I Brothers' War/Brothers' Peace	17	(54)
From Heel to Godwrestler: Jacob and Esau	19	(14)
First-Borns and Their Brothers	33	(12)
The Cloudy Mirror: Ishmael and Isaac	45	(16)
In the Dark: Joseph and His Brothers	61	(10)
PART II Mothers, Sisters, and Messiah	71	(50)
In Our Image: Eve and Adam	73	(12)
Do Not Stir Up Love until It Please	85	(14)
Mothers of Messiah	99	(12)
Giving Birth to Freedom	111	(10)
PART III Turn, Turn, Turn	121	(50)
Shattered Wineglass, Endless Ring	123	(12)
The Question Is the Answer	135	(12)
Between the Generations: God's Laughter, Eliezer's Tears	147	(10)
To Catch a Breath	157	(14)
PART IV When a People Wrestles God	171	(58)
The Fever in My Bones	173	(14)
The Nightmare and the Wrestle	187	(14)
On the Fringes	201	(12)
The Spiral of the Torah	213	(16)
PART V Earth and Earthling	229	(44)
Rainbow Sign	231	(14)
Proclaiming Jubilee Throughout the Land	245	(14)
How Is This Year Different from All Other Years?	259	(14)
PART VI Toward Unity	273	(48)
One ``I''	275	(14)
The Embodiment of God	289	(12)
Spiraling toward Messiah	301	(14)
Connecting: From the Wrestle to a Dance	315	(6)
New Texts	321	(10)
Learnings	331