My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of Faith - Rilegato

Cohen, Benyamin

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ISBN 10: 0061245178 ISBN 13: 9780061245176

Casa editrice: Harperone, 2008

Riassunto

"An Atlanta-born son of a rabbi describes his year-long spiritual quest during which he reinvigorated his flagging enthusiasm for orthodox Judaism by touring Christian pop culture venues, from a Christian rock concert mosh-pit and a Baptist JumboTron to a bicycle trip at the side of a Mormon missionary and Jay Bakker's ""Revolution"" punk ministry. 30,000 first printing."

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Informazioni sull'autore

Benyamin Cohen is the son of an Orthodox rabbi who married a Methodist minister's daughter who converted to Judaism. He was the founder and editor of the award-winning national magazine American Jewish Life and the online magazine Jewsweek, and is currently an editor at the Mother Nature Network.

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One day a Georgia-born son of an Orthodox rabbi discovers that his enthusiasm for Judaism is flagging. He observes the Sabbath, he goes to synagogue, and he even flies to New York on weekends for a series of "speed dates" with nice, eligible Jewish girls. But, something is missing. Looking out of his window and across the street at one of the hundreds of churches in Atlanta, he asks, "What would it be like to be a Christian?"

So begins Benyamin Cohen's hilarious journey that is My Jesus Year—part memoir, part spiritual quest, and part anthropologist's mission. Among Cohen's many adventures (and misadventures), he finds himself in some rather unlikely places: jumping into the mosh-pit at a Christian rock concert, seeing his face projected on the giant JumboTron of an African-American megachurch, visiting a potential convert with two young Mormon missionaries, attending a Christian "professional wrestling" match, and waking up early for a sunrise Easter service on top of Stone Mountain—a Confederate memorial and former base of operations for the KKK.

During his year-long exploration, Cohen sees the best and the worst of Christianity— #8212;from megachurches to storefront churches; from crass commercialization of religion to the simple, moving faith of the humble believer; from the profound to the profane to the just plain laughable. Throughout, he keeps an open heart and mind, a good sense of humor, and takes what he learns from Christianity to reflect on his own faith and relationship to God. By year's end, to Cohen's surprise, his search for universal answers and truths in the Bible Belt actually make him a better Jew.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Harperone
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0061245178
• ISBN 13: 9780061245176
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 252
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile