The Way of Torah and the Path of Dharma: Intersections between Judaism and the Religions of India
Daniel Polish, "The Way of Torah and the Path of Dharma: Intersections between Judaism and the Religions of India"
English | ISBN: 1953829392 | 2023 | 145 pages | EPUB | 1469 KB
English | ISBN: 1953829392 | 2023 | 145 pages | EPUB | 1469 KB
Written with deep knowledge of Indian religions (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism) and of Judaism, as both textual traditions and lived practices, and with an understanding of his American audience, The Way of Torah and the Path of Dharma provides an essential introduction to the world’s leading non-Abrahamic religions. It serves as well as a model of bridging the world of religious scholarship with the world of ordinary religious practitioners.
When Rabbi Polish embarked on the study of Indian religion at the beginning of his career, India was exotic, and Christianity was at the center of the American Jewish interfaith experience. Now, between globalization on the one hand, and a generation of Indian immigrants coming of age, Indian religion is of growing interest and concern. Rabbi Polish moves the discussion beyond the ways that practices such as Yoga and meditation have been westernized and commoditized, and points to what Jews share with a billion religious practitioners in the U.S. and beyond.
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