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4.0 AVERAGE
A very small, personal writing about what Christians can learn from everyday Jewish practices.
I love learning from other faiths and thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Lots of good lessons and refreshing insights
My enjoyment of this book was a foregone conclusion. I greatly appreciate the style and tone of Winner's writing (and talking), and, like Winner, I think there's a lot to be said for ritual as a reminder of truth. In her case, it is the ritual of her Jewish upbringing. In mine, it is the more liturgical Christianity of my childhood (though I think the Jewish faith has much to offer by way of rituals that help shape and reorient the human heart toward God). Winner never loses sight of the Gospel--these rituals do not save us. But they can remind us of true things about God and about ourselves. A short, easy read (thanks to Winner's conversational writing), but lots of good thoughts.
I really appreciated how she relates her Judaism to Christianity.
Really lovely reflection on hybrid religious identity and walking the line between Jewish and Christian teaching. Made me want to more deeply embed my faith in -practices-. Organized somewhat like a catechism.
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What do the ritual practices of Judaism have to offer people of other faiths in shaping and deepening their religious lives? Quite a bit, according to Lauren Winner, who was raised Jewish and converted to Christianity while in college.
Winner describes how maintaining ritual practices helps to center and support a life of faith, and she explores how practices she learned in the context of Judaism -- shabbat, keeping kosher (or being mindful of eating 'fitting food'), mourning, hospitality, and liturgical prayer -- can have meaning and positive impact in a Christian life.
I found her book to be respectful of both her old faith and her new one, and her meditations on spirituality to be applicable to even those outside of Abrahamic traditions.
Winner describes how maintaining ritual practices helps to center and support a life of faith, and she explores how practices she learned in the context of Judaism -- shabbat, keeping kosher (or being mindful of eating 'fitting food'), mourning, hospitality, and liturgical prayer -- can have meaning and positive impact in a Christian life.
I found her book to be respectful of both her old faith and her new one, and her meditations on spirituality to be applicable to even those outside of Abrahamic traditions.
Enjoyed the perspective concerning Judaism much more than the perspective on Christianity.
I loved learning more about Judaism and the enrichment it brings to her life as a Christian. It has enriched my faith life as well.