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Book Being Both

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan Katz Miller
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2014-10-21
  • ISBN : 0807061166
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Being Both written by Susan Katz Miller and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book on the growing number of interfaith families raising children in two religions Susan Katz Miller grew up with a Jewish father and Christian mother, and was raised Jewish. Now in an interfaith marriage herself, she is one of the growing number of Americans who are boldly electing to raise children with both faiths, rather than in one religion or the other (or without religion). In Being Both, Miller draws on original surveys and interviews with parents, students, teachers, and clergy, as well as on her own journey, to chronicle this controversial grassroots movement. Almost a third of all married Americans have a spouse from another religion, and there are now more children in Christian-Jewish interfaith families than in families with two Jewish parents. Across the country, many of these families are challenging the traditional idea that they must choose one religion. In some cities, more interfaith couples are raising children with “both” than Jewish-only. What does this mean for these families, for these children, and for religious institutions? Miller argues that there are distinct benefits for families who reject the false choice of “either/or” and instead embrace the synergy of being both. Reporting on hundreds of parents and children who celebrate two religions, she documents why couples make this choice, and how children appreciate dual-faith education. But often families who choose both have trouble finding supportive clergy and community. To that end, Miller includes advice and resources for interfaith families planning baby-welcoming and coming-of-age ceremonies, and seeking to find or form interfaith education programs. She also addresses the difficulties that interfaith families can encounter, wrestling with spiritual questions (“Will our children believe in God?”) and challenges (“How do we talk about Jesus?”). And finally, looking beyond Judaism and Christianity, Being Both provides the first glimpse of the next interfaith wave: intermarried Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist couples raising children in two religions. Being Both is at once a rousing declaration of the benefits of celebrating two religions, and a blueprint for interfaith families who are seeking guidance and community support.

Book One Couple Two Faiths

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marion Usher
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018-02-12
  • ISBN : 9781624291487
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book One Couple Two Faiths written by Marion Usher and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Celebrating Our Differences

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  • Author : Mary Heléne Rosenbaum
  • Publisher : White Mane Publishing Company
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN : 9780942597691
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book Celebrating Our Differences written by Mary Heléne Rosenbaum and published by White Mane Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are determined to intermarry...

Book  Til Faith Do Us Part

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  • Author : Naomi Schaefer Riley
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2013-04-11
  • ISBN : 0199873747
  • Pages : 253 pages

Download or read book Til Faith Do Us Part written by Naomi Schaefer Riley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naomi Schaefer Riley offers a compelling look at the struggles of interfaith marriages in the United States.

Book Two Religions One Marriage

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cheryl Devraj
  • Publisher : Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc
  • Release : 2008-10
  • ISBN : 9781604627091
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book Two Religions One Marriage written by Cheryl Devraj and published by Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emotional war on marital conflict must cease! As individuals, we are created in the image of the spirit of God. We must take full responsibility for our wholeness, instead of relying on our spouse to change or conform to our control. Self-righteousness, judgment, and condemnation are keeping us from having a fulfilling and prosperous marriage. Join with author Cheryl Devraj as she explores what it is like to experience Two Religions, One Marriage, and accompany her on a journey of discovery of love, joy, and fulfillment. Through scripture and communion with God and your spouse, you will be set free from the tensions that may be plaguing you and the union in your marriage. It is a time to take full control of your emotions actions and reactions, and make your marriage what God intended it to be!

Book One Marriage  Two Faiths

Download or read book One Marriage Two Faiths written by James Herbert Siward Bossard and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Being Both

Download or read book Being Both written by Susan Katz Miller and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book on the growing number of interfaith families raising children in two religions Susan Katz Miller grew up with a Jewish father and Christian mother, and was raised Jewish. Now in an interfaith marriage herself, she is one of the growing number of Americans who are boldly electing to raise children with both faiths, rather than in one religion or the other (or without religion). In Being Both, Miller draws on original surveys and interviews with parents, students, teachers, and clergy, as well as on her own journey, to chronicle this controversial grassroots movement. Almost a third of all married Americans have a spouse from another religion, and there are now more children in Christian-Jewish interfaith families than in families with two Jewish parents. Across the country, many of these families are challenging the traditional idea that they must choose one religion. In some cities, more interfaith couples are raising children with “both” than Jewish-only. What does this mean for these families, for these children, and for religious institutions? Miller argues that there are distinct benefits for families who reject the false choice of “either/or” and instead embrace the synergy of being both. Reporting on hundreds of parents and children who celebrate two religions, she documents why couples make this choice, and how children appreciate dual-faith education. But often families who choose both have trouble finding supportive clergy and community. To that end, Miller includes advice and resources for interfaith families planning baby-welcoming and coming-of-age ceremonies, and seeking to find or form interfaith education programs. She also addresses the difficulties that interfaith families can encounter, wrestling with spiritual questions (“Will our children believe in God?”) and challenges (“How do we talk about Jesus?”). And finally, looking beyond Judaism and Christianity, Being Both provides the first glimpse of the next interfaith wave: intermarried Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist couples raising children in two religions. Being Both is at once a rousing declaration of the benefits of celebrating two religions, and a blueprint for interfaith families who are seeking guidance and community support.

Book Consanguinity in Context

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan H. Bittles
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2012-05-24
  • ISBN : 1107376939
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book Consanguinity in Context written by Alan H. Bittles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide to this major contemporary issue, Consanguinity in Context is a uniquely comprehensive account of intra-familial marriage. Detailed information on past and present religious, social and legal practices and prohibitions is presented as a backdrop to the preferences and beliefs of the 1100+ million people in consanguineous unions. Chapters on population genetics, and the role of consanguinity in reproductive behaviour and genetic variation, set the scene for critical analyses of the influence of consanguinity on health in the early years of life. The discussion on consanguinity and disorders of adulthood is the first review of its kind and is particularly relevant given the ageing of the global population. Incest is treated as a separate issue, with historical and present-day examples examined. The final three chapters deal in detail with practical issues, including genetic testing, education and counselling, national and international legislation and imperatives, and the future of consanguineous marriage worldwide.

Book The Lost Gospel

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  • Author : Simcha Jacobovici
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2014-11-12
  • ISBN : 1605987298
  • Pages : 754 pages

Download or read book The Lost Gospel written by Simcha Jacobovici and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waiting to be rediscovered in the British Library is an ancient manuscript of the early Church, copied by an anonymous monk. The manuscript is at least 1,450 years old, possibly dating to the first century. And now, The Lost Gospel provides the first ever translation from Syriac into English of this unique document that tells the inside story of Jesus’ social, family, and political life.The Lost Gospel takes the reader on an unparalleled historical adventure through a paradigm shifting manuscript. What the authors eventually discover is as astounding as it is surprising: the confirmation of Jesus’ marriage to Mary Magdalene; the names of their two children; the towering presence of Mary Magdalene; a previously unknown plot on Jesus’ life (thirteen years prior to the crucifixion); an assassination attempt against Mary Magdalene and their children; Jesus’ connection to political figures at the highest level of the Roman Empire; and a religious movement that antedates that of Paul—the Church of Mary Magdalene.Part historical detective story, part modern adventure, The Lost Gospel reveals secrets that have been hiding in plain sight for millennia.

Book Mixed Up Love

Download or read book Mixed Up Love written by Jon M. Sweeney and published by Jericho Books. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dating, commitment, kids, and family--it's all hard work, and when you come from different religious backgrounds it's even harder. Jon, a Catholic writer, and Michal, a Reconstructionist rabbi, live out the challenges of an interfaith relationship everyday as husband and wife, and as parents to their daughter Sima, who is being raised Jewish. In MIXED-UP LOVE, the couple explores how interfaith relationships impact dating, weddings, holidays, raising children, and family functions--and how to not just cope, but thrive. This is an engaging and practical resource for singles who are considering dating outside their own faith, couples in interfaith relationships, relatives and friends of "mixed" couples who seek information and understanding, and parents desiring a fresh perspective. With clarity, insight, and humor, Sweeney and Woll demonstrate how to engage with your partner, family, and faith like never before.

Book Blessed and Called to be a Blessing

Download or read book Blessed and Called to be a Blessing written by Helen Richmond (Minister) and published by Wipf & Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians and Muslims, bound together in a dialogue of life, give expression to the wideness of God's hospitality and grapple with the difficulties as well as the richness and promises that a shared life brings. In a world where religious and cultural differences often lead to conflict it has become increasingly important to search for missiological responses that can assist in the building of inclusive communities and forging of bonds of respect and understanding. Helen Richmond draws on the lived experience of Muslims and Christians in interfaith marriages in Indonesia and Australia, whose lives embody a living dialogue between two religious traditions, to offer a fresh approach to our understanding of Christian mission and Muslim da'wah. The narratives and testimonies of the couples in this study invite the question of whether Muslims and Christians who have viewed each other as intimidating opponents might instead regard each other as fellow pilgrims and partners in God's work in the world. The narratives and testimonies of the couples in this study invite the question of whether Muslims and Christians who have viewed each other as intimidating opponents might instead regard each other as fellow pilgrims and partners in God's work in the world. This book makes a substantive contribution to theological, and specifically missiological knowledge and will make an important point of reference for further research in the area of interfaith marriage in particular and to wider issues of Christian mission and interfaith engagement more widely. There is much that can be quarried from this insightful study. Professor Douglas Pratt, University of Waikato Helen Richmond demonstrates considerable originality in the subject area and in the methodology used in field research and interactions with the couples interviewed. She has the advantage of being fluent in Indonesian thereby having access to the worlds of Indonesian-language couples. The work she has done on the history of Islam and Christianity in Indonesia and Australia in relation to marriage is impressive and her arguments are cogent and clear. Professor James Haire School of Theology, Charles Sturt University Precisely at a moment of growing distrust between religious communities this book brings to light a world of intimacy between the two faith communities. Enduring interfaith marriages in which at least one partner is an active faith practitioner are rare, but they do form the ultimate meeting ground between the two great missionary traditions. The idea of looking at the vexed problem of Christian-Muslim relations through the lens of interfaith marriage is a courageous one and a metaphor that is rich with theological possibilities. Even more courageous was the author's decision to adopt a wholly ecumenical missiological approach, that is, one that takes both religions equally seriously and moreover takes at face value the often troubling desire of each to try and convert the other. Professor Gerry van Klinken, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), Leiden Helen Richmond is a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia with considerable experience of working cross-culturally. She has had a long connection with Indonesia and her extended family which includes Muslims and Christians is a snap shot of the religious diversity of our times. For six years Helen worked as a Tutor in Mission Studies at the United College of the Ascension, Selly Oak, Birmingham, UK. She has served as the National Director for Multicultural and Cross-cultural Ministry in her church and for the last six years has been a Theology Teacher at Nungalinya College, an Indigenous training center in Darwin.

Book Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State

Download or read book Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State written by Susan M. Weiss and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2013 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive look at how rabbinical courts control Israeli marriage and divorce

Book Religion and Living Arrangements Around the World

Download or read book Religion and Living Arrangements Around the World written by Stephanie Kramer and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reading the Qur an

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ziauddin Sardar
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2017-02
  • ISBN : 0190657847
  • Pages : 430 pages

Download or read book Reading the Qur an written by Ziauddin Sardar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in the United Kingdom by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2010"--T.p. verso.

Book Catholic Marriage

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Burke
  • Publisher : Paulines Publications Africa
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9966081062
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book Catholic Marriage written by John Burke and published by Paulines Publications Africa. This book was released on 1999 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Unearthly Powers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan Strathern
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2019-03-21
  • ISBN : 1108477143
  • Pages : 409 pages

Download or read book Unearthly Powers written by Alan Strathern and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking study sets out a new understanding of transformations in the interaction between religion and political authority throughout history.

Book Still Jewish

    Book Details:
  • Author : Keren R. McGinity
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 0814764347
  • Pages : 326 pages

Download or read book Still Jewish written by Keren R. McGinity and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the lives of Jewish women who have married outside their religion and how they have maintained their Jewish identity, and discusses how interfaith relationships have been portrayed in the media.