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Why have the monotheistic religions failed to produce societies that live up to their ethical ideals A prominent rabbi answers this question by looking at his own faith and offering a way for religion to heal itself.In Putting God Second, Rabbi Donniel Hartman tackles one of modern lifes most urgent and vexing questions: Why are the great monotheistic faithsJudaism, Christianity, and Islamchronically unable to fulfill their own self-professed goal of creating individuals infused with moral sensitivity and societies governed by the highest ethical standardsTo answer this question, Hartman takes a sober look at the moral peaks and valleys of his own tradition, Judaism, and diagnoses it with clarity, creativity, and erudition. He rejects both the sweeping denouncements of those who view religion as an inherent impediment to moral progress and the apologetics of fundamentalists who proclaim religions moral perfection against all evidence to the contrary.Hartman identifies the primary source of religions moral failure in what he terms its autoimmune disease, or the way religions so often undermine their own deepest values. While God obligates the good and calls us into its service, Hartman argues, God simultaneously and inadvertently makes us morally blind. The nature of this self-defeating condition is that the human religious desire to live in relationship with God often distracts religious believers from their traditions core moral truths.The answer Hartman offers is this: put God second. In order to fulfill religions true vision for humanityan uncompromising focus on the ethical treatment of othersreligious believers must hold their traditions accountable to the highest independent moral standards. Decency toward ones neighbor must always take precedence over acts of religious devotion, and ethical piety must trump ritual piety. For as long as devotion to God comes first, responsibility to other people will trail far, far behind.In this book, Judaism serves as a template for how the challenge might be addressed by those of other faiths, whose sacred scriptures similarly evoke both the sublime heights of human aspiration and the depths of narcissistic moral blindness. In Putting God Second, Rabbi Hartman offers a lucid analysis of religions flaws, as well as a compelling resource, and vision, for its repair. Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself for religion to heal itself In Putting God Second Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Rabbi's Views On "Putting God Second" - DailyNorthShore The new release Putting God Second: How To Save Religion From Itself The new book Putting God Second: How To Save Religion From Itself you put God first Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself by The Paperback of the Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself by Putting God Second: How to Save Religion to heal itself In Putting God Second Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself A Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself A Book by Rabbi Donniel Hartman Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself Putting God Second: How to Save Religion From Itself Putting God Second: How to Save Religion From Itself 05132017 8:45 am Putting God Second: How to Save Religion From Itself Calendar: Adult Education Date: Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself by Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself How to Save Religion from Itself by Donniel Hartman Reading Putting God Second was a Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself by Putting God Second is more scholarly Start by marking Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself Trivia About Putting God Religion Book Review: Putting God Second: How to Save Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself Hartman wonders whether religion actually makes believers treat and that putting people first is the real Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from readable new book Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself that means putting God second Beacon Press: Putting God Second Putting God Second How to Save Religion from Itself Author: Putting God First by Putting God Second References Index New Jersey Jewish Standard mention 8/11/2016;
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