7/30/2019 Winter 2013 ForweWord Reviews - FAITH BEYOND BELIEF

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Faith Beyond Belief: Stories of GoodPeople Who Left Their Church Behind

Margaret Placentra JohnstonQust BooksSoftcov $17.95 (360pp)978-0-8356-0905-0

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thos poisd to s sh bttnt: thosin who fndantais t a shap nd.Fo so, sipta itais sip odntwithstand gowing patia nowdg; inoths, th notion of a God who od ovso bt not a, o in whos na vionod b jstifid, sat nasi with oappts of ov and insion. Johnston ass of st thois to popos that shphavas a a sowhat invitab pat ofpsona gowth. Th psnt, sh sggsts,oving fo th stag in whih onfoitis a ofot into that of sptia ationait,wh ons dvopnt of thoghtf, oigi-

na vas ata bgins.Th boo hods spt fo sh sptis,

notab th ost voa Nw Athists iDawins and Hithns. yt Johnston ainstain that bond disbif is th optionof ving ba towad spiitaitthoghwithot abita staints, and with an towad btting th wod. In dfns of sha vision, sh intods s to nasnt stis,whos spiitait is abot wod, not jstpsona ipovnt. In Niah, pa assto b abot ing th favo of a dit andovs towad psing whonss; in Jan,

finist spiitait hps to ha hidhooddaag and to inspi a vision of wisdo,bat, and insivnss. Th iba tho-og bad in ths stois psnts,Johnston hops, a sa hang in igios pa-ti wodwid, as it ovs awa fo insist-ing on sts of answs in favo of fosing oninasing psona sponsibiit towad thoon good.

Faith Beyond Beliefposssss a dpth thaton bos o dazzing whn th adonsids that it aos otsid of igios aa-dia. Whi Johnston tots stia spiita-it, sh aintains sptf onsidation fothos at a vs of spiita dvopnt. Th

insightfnss of this appoah, aongsid thintigios and xtaigios onvsationswhih sh noags, shod stabish thisboo as qid ading fo sinaians andsptis ai. A stagging ahivnt fo apofond pptiv thin.(Otob) mIcHelle ScHINGler

The Future of the Jewish People inFive Photographs

Peter S. TemesTh Unvsty of Nbaska PssHadcov $26.95 (216pp)

978-0-8032-3979-1978-0-8032-4459-7 book

Jdais has a ft, bt of nigati fo.using his own Jwish xpin and fivvoativ histoia iags as a stating point,D. Pt Ts (fo Havad pofssoand atho ofThe Power of Purpose, aongoth tits) xpos so of th paths thatJws, and Jdais, a nxt opt to ta.Ts bgins b xaining how Jwish idn-tit is adapting to t th hang of dwin-ding ona pati.

Wi intaiag and ta assiia-tion as th nbs of oing Jwishgnations to atoph, as taditionaists havong fad? Shod sh a possibiit vn bonsidd a that? Ts daws a onn-tion to Zooastianis, whos on sbstantiapopation od not b sstaind b patiinasssion aon, and paas this to th na

vanishd chins Jwish onit. A tadi-tion that dos not ativ it onvts, hsggsts, st b onsios of atd ipia-tions. Ts aso tobs Jdaiss ativ oin th wod, ptting dotina xsivit andtin oawod hainginto onvsationwith on anoth.

Both posts off posptiv answs toth qstion of what Jdais wi sviv as:ith a onit fosd on psving itsanint t dspit hangs, o on whihxpands itsf to answ th nds of an otsidwod. O ight it anag to do both? Jwishphiosoph Abaha Josha Hshs invov-nt in th ivi ights ovnt bosan xap of Jdaiss a, and pow, tonoag positiv soia hang, whas anioni photogaph of Adoph eihann, onof th ahitts of th Hooast, intodsa disssion of th shotoings of insait,patia in ation to this. A vntia

post towad a Toah sohd b a faabbiis th ast iag w ft with, andso fina qstions obit aond th was thatontpoa Jws at to, and inopoat,Jdaiss ost anint bifs.

Five Photographs ontibts to xtantdisssions in Jwish thoght with both vvand ait. Ts dft snthsizs his ownigios abivana fai and, to soxtnt, onit inhitan that h wondsabot bqathing to his own hidnwithstois of th faithf adaptations assd binais of Jwish thoog, fo matin

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