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A Definition of Religion: Importance of a Definition of Religion The word “religion” has no single or absolute meaning, and in the course of history has received a variety of definitions. This point is of great practical as well as…
Continue readingSoteria, defined as “ultimate meaningful existence”, is intended as a general term referring to whatever is the supremely positive psychic state according to different religious and philosophic systems. Hence, soteria can be employed to refer to “salvation” in Rabbinic Judaism; Maimonides’…
Continue readingA critique of the Shabbath service of the Union Prayer Book can concern itself with two distinct questions. One is how well the service carries out the principles upon which the Union Prayer Book is based; the other is whether…
Continue readingDownload Printable Version The Failure of Seventh-Day Shabbat In the 1960s, this writer introduced a new concept of Shabbat: Shabbat as a state of being.(1) This is an appropriate time to focus anew on this concept, which will be referred to…
Continue readingIn a Journal article entitled “Two Concepts of Shabbat” (Fall 1987), Alvin Reines argues in favor of a notion of Shabbat which he terms “State-of-Being Shabbat” over the normative Shabbat, which he terms “Seventh-Day Shabbat.”
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