Joshua Stanton's Blog – March 2012 Archive (2)
No Bull: A Rabbinic Teaching for Contemporary American Life
In a classic rabbinic tale about human ingenuity and Divine mystery (Menachot 29b in the Babylonian Talmud), God transports Moses forward in time to the study house of the renowned second-century sage, Rabbi Akiva.
Moses sits at the back of the classroom and listens carefully to the…
ContinueAdded by Joshua Stanton on March 25, 2012 at 12:01am — No Comments
Purim: A Serious Misunderstanding Of The Festival’s Mirth
Purim's cathartic effect is remarkable, providing an opportunity for Jewish communities to parody themselves and their own hierarchies and imbue often-serious religious practices with music and merriment (and traditionally, copious amounts of alcohol and silly costumes).
It is in many respects a self-conscious parody of the ancient Persian culture in which one of Judaism's most intellectually important communities was steeped. Overflowing with cultural references (or faux cultural…
ContinueAdded by Joshua Stanton on March 7, 2012 at 8:30pm — No Comments
Latest Blog Posts
- 2012 Scholars
- Millenial Interfaith Action
- Millenial Interfaith Action
- What does it mean to "mobilize" a movement for social justice in the Internet Age? The word "mobilization" has strong associations for the Boomer Generation, when organizing hundreds to march, rally …
- 2012 Scholars
- 2012 Scholars
- Millennial Interfaith Action
Most Popular Blog Posts
- Dialogue in the United States
- Destructive Nature of the Muslim “Radicalization” Hearings
- Millenial Interfaith Action
- 2012 Scholars
- Yom Kippur Reflection: Facing Our Own Mortality — Without Regrets
- A More Perfect Union: A Statement of Religious Commitment Following the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
- Video Blog: “Islamophobia: The New McCarthyism?”
Blog Topics by Tags
- of (2)
- Dialogue (2)
- Inter-Religious (2)
- Interfaith (2)
- Journal (2)
- Religions (2)
- Submissions (1)
- World's (1)
- Youth (1)
- Ziad (1)
- for (1)
- http://www.irdialogue.org (1)
- http://www.religionsforpeace.org (1)
- the (1)
- www.irdialogue.org (1)
- Call (1)
- Campus (1)
- Core (1)
- Homayra (1)
- Huffington (1)
- International (1)
- Intersections (1)
- Joshua (1)
- Movement (1)
- Ochs (1)
- Parliament (1)
- Peace (1)
- Peter (1)
- Post (1)
- Reasoning (1)
- Scriptural (1)
- Stanton (1)
© 2013 Created by The Parliament of Religions.
