The Pious Ones

Author : Joseph Berger
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062123351
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pious Ones written by Joseph Berger and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the population of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the United States increases to astonishing proportions, veteran New York Times journalist Joseph Berger takes us inside the notoriously insular world of the Hasidim to explore their origins, beliefs, and struggles—and the social and political implications of their expanding presence in America. Though the Hasidic way of life was nearly extinguished in the Holocaust, today the Hasidim—“the pious ones”—have become one of the most prominent religious subcultures in America. In The Pious Ones, New York Times journalist Joseph Berger traces their origins in eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, illuminating their dynamics and core beliefs that remain so enigmatic to outsiders. He analyzes the Hasidim’s codified lifestyle, revealing its fascinating secrets, complexities, and paradoxes, and provides a nuanced and insightful portrayal of how their all-encompassing faith dictates nearly every aspect of life—including work, education, food, sex, clothing, and social relations—sustaining a sense of connection and purpose in a changing world. From the intense sectarian politics to the conflicts that arise over housing, transportation, schooling, and gender roles, The Pious Ones also chronicles the ways in which the fabric of Hasidic daily life is threatened by exposure to the wider world and also by internal fissures within its growing population.

Author : Judah ben Samuel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sefer Chasidim written by Judah ben Samuel and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original work has been a favorite of both scholars and laypeople for its straightforward style, in contrast to other medieval writings on ethics that are largely theoretical and reflective.

Author : imam Abu Zakaruya Yahya Bin Sharaf An-Nawawi
Publisher : IslamKotob
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riyad Us-Saliheen The Paradise of the Pious written by imam Abu Zakaruya Yahya Bin Sharaf An-Nawawi and published by IslamKotob. This book was released on with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenn Bivins
Publisher : Publish Green
ISBN 13 : 1936198975
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pious written by Kenn Bivins and published by Publish Green. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PIOUS, a novel by Kenn Bivins, is about a duplicitous man who is confronted with all that he has tried to hide of his past when a registered sex-offender moves into his neighborhood.

Author : Julia Dahl
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1466841915
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invisible City written by Julia Dahl and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A finalist for the Edgar and Mary Higgins Clark Awards, in her riveting debut Invisible City, journalist Julia Dahl introduces a compelling new character in search of the truth about a murder and an understanding of her own heritage. Just months after Rebekah Roberts was born, her mother, an Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn, abandoned her Christian boyfriend and newborn baby to return to her religion. Neither Rebekah nor her father have heard from her since. Now a recent college graduate, Rebekah has moved to New York City to follow her dream of becoming a big-city reporter. But she's also drawn to the idea of being closer to her mother, who might still be living in the Hasidic community in Brooklyn. Then Rebekah is called to cover the story of a murdered Hasidic woman. Rebekah's shocked to learn that, because of the NYPD's habit of kowtowing to the powerful ultra-Orthodox community, not only will the woman be buried without an autopsy, her killer may get away with murder. Rebekah can't let the story end there. But getting to the truth won't be easy—even as she immerses herself in the cloistered world where her mother grew up, it's clear that she's not welcome, and everyone she meets has a secret to keep from an outsider.

Author : Thomas F. X. Noble
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271035730
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlemagne and Louis the Pious written by Thomas F. X. Noble and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Translations of ninth-century lives of the emperors Charlemagne (by Einhard and Notker) and his son Louis the Pious (by Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer). Presented chronologically and contextually, with commentary"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Tamar Alexander-Frizer
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161456565
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pious Sinner written by Tamar Alexander-Frizer and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 1991 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin Riesebrodt
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520074645
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pious Passion written by Martin Riesebrodt and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For all who want to make sense of fundamentalism as a long-term consequence of the modern world, Pious Passion will be required reading. It is also enjoyable, abounding in cogent arguments set forth in lucid prose and supported by compelling examples."—Bruce B. Lawrence, author of Defenders of God "Riesebrodt's trenchant analysis brings the comparative study of religious activism to a new level of sophistication, exploring not only the ideological development of fundamentalist movements but also the changes in social structure that produced them. Pious Passion is a signal event in the modern social sciences, for it helps to establish a new academic field—the comparative study of fundamentalism."—Mark Juergensmeyer, author of The New Cold War?

Author : Alan Wolfe
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807086185
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At Home in Exile written by Alan Wolfe and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eloquent, controversial argument that says, for the first time in their long history, Jews are free to live in a Jewish state—or lead secure and productive lives outside it Since the beginnings of Zionism in the twentieth century, many Jewish thinkers have considered it close to heresy to validate life in the Diaspora. Jews in Europe and America faced “a life of pointless struggle and futile suffering, of ambivalence, confusion, and eternal impotence,” as one early Zionist philosopher wrote, echoing a widespread and vehement disdain for Jews living outside Israel. This thinking, in a more understated but still pernicious form, continues to the present: the Holocaust tried to kill all of us, many Jews believe, and only statehood offers safety. But what if the Diaspora is a blessing in disguise? In At Home in Exile, renowned scholar and public intellectual Alan Wolfe, writing for the first time about his Jewish heritage, makes an impassioned, eloquent, and controversial argument that Jews should take pride in their Diasporic tradition. It is true that Jews have experienced more than their fair share of discrimination and destruction in exile, and there can be no doubt that anti-Semitism persists throughout the world and often rears its ugly head. Yet for the first time in history, Wolfe shows, it is possible for Jews to lead vibrant, successful, and, above all else, secure lives in states in which they are a minority. Drawing on centuries of Jewish thinking and writing, from Maimonides to Philip Roth, David Ben Gurion to Hannah Arendt, Wolfe makes a compelling case that life in the Diaspora can be good for the Jews no matter where they live, Israel very much included—as well as for the non-Jews with whom they live, Israel once again included. Not only can the Diaspora offer Jews the opportunity to reach a deep appreciation of pluralism and a commitment to fighting prejudice, but in an era of rising inequalities and global instability, the whole world can benefit from Jews’ passion for justice and human dignity. Wolfe moves beyond the usual polemical arguments and celebrates a universalistic Judaism that is desperately needed if Israel is to survive. Turning our attention away from the Jewish state, where half of world Jewry lives, toward the pluralistic and vibrant places the other half have made their home, At Home in Exile is an inspiring call for a Judaism that isn’t defensive and insecure but is instead open and inquiring.

Author : Thomas F. X. Noble
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 027107647X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlemagne and Louis the Pious written by Thomas F. X. Noble and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carolingian historical texts have long stood at the base of our modern knowledge about the eighth and ninth centuries. The ninth century gave birth to a new revival of secular biography, which has come to be recognized as one of the brightest bands in the spectrum of Carolingian historical writing. This collection brings together, for the first time in one volume, the five royal/imperial biographies written during the Carolingian period. Thomas F. X. Noble’s new English translations of these five important texts—Einhard’s Life of Emperor Charles, Notker’s Deeds of Charles the Great, Ermoldus Nigellus’s Poem in Honor of Louis, Thegan’s Deeds of Emperor Louis, and the Life of Louis by “the Astronomer”—are each accompanied by a short introduction and a note on “Essential Reading.” Offering details on matters of style, sources used by the author, and the influence, if any, exerted by the text, Noble provides a context for each translation without compromising the author’s intended voice. By “reuniting” these five essential medieval texts in an English translation, this volume makes these voices accessible to scholars and non-experts alike throughout the Anglophone world.