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Donniel Hartman



Average rating: 4.04 · 155 ratings · 24 reviews · 7 distinct worksSimilar authors
Putting God Second: How to ...

4.02 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions
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Who Are the Jews―And Who Ca...

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The Boundaries of Judaism

4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Who Are the Jews—And Who Ca...

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Speaking iEngage: Creating ...

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Judaism and the Challenges ...

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Challenging the mainstream:...

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“the fact that a life with God does not seem consistently to make people better is a failure of religion on its own terms, and ought to be a source of consternation for any serious believer.”
Donniel Hartman, Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself

“Balancing so many things at once means that too often we only skim across the surface of an issue. As our concentration span shrinks, we risk losing the capacity to think about things carefully, to consider their complexity, to examine their long-term implications. We can become drawn to the elevator pitch, to the simple explanation, to the quick fix. At the same time, we become less capable of genuinely listening to one another, as”
Donniel Hartman, Speaking iEngage: Creating a New Narrative Regarding the Significance of Israel for Jewish Life

“The unique nature of the revelatory moment—be it during the life of Moses, Jesus, or Muhammad—is thus by definition not a pure expression of God’s will. Instead, it must be viewed as an expression of God’s will filtered through the mindset and mores of its intended audience. Since the purpose of revelation is to communicate that will to a human audience, its content must be refracted through the lens of what that audience can understand at that time.”
Donniel Hartman, Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself



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