Ruttenberg Danya
Ruttenberg Danya - On Repentance And Repair Making Amends In An Unapologetic World - Paperback
Ruttenberg Danya - On Repentance And Repair Making Amends In An Unapologetic World - Paperback
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Description: Winner National Jewish BOOK Awards in Contemporary Jewish Life & Practice Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award A crucial new lens on repentance atonement forgiveness and repair from harm from personal transgressions to our culture's most painful and unresolved issues American culture focuses on letting go of grudges and redemption narratives instead of the perpetrator's obligations or recompense for harmed parties. As survivor communities have pointed out these emphases have too often only caused more harm. But Danya Ruttenberg knew there was a better model rooted in the work of the medieval philosopher Maimonides. For Maimonides upon whose work Ruttenberg elaborates forgiveness is much less important than the repair work to which the person who caused harm is obligated. The word traditionally translated as repentance really means something more like return and in this book returning is a restoration as much as is possible to the victim and for the perpetrator of harm a coming back in humility and intentionality to behaving as the person we might like to believe we are. Maimonides laid out 5 steps: naming and owning harm; starting to change/transformation; restitution and accepting consequences; apology; and making different choices. Applying this lens to both our personal relationships and some of the most significant and painful issues of our day including systemic racism and the legacy of enslavement sexual violence and harassment in the wake of # Me Too and Native American land rights On Repentance and Repair helps us envision a way forward. Rooted in traditional Jewish concepts while doggedly accessible and available to people from any or no religious background On Repentance and Repair is a book for anyone who cares about creating a country and culture that is more whole than the one in which we live and for anyone who has been hurt or who is struggling to take responsibility for their mistakes.
Title: On Repentance And Repair Making Amends In An Unapologetic World
Author(s): Ruttenberg Danya
Publisher: Beacon Press
Barcode: 9780807013311
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 9/12/2023
Category: Religion & Beliefs
Description: Winner National Jewish BOOK Awards in Contemporary Jewish Life & Practice Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award A crucial new lens on repentance atonement forgiveness and repair from harm from personal transgressions to our culture's most painful and unresolved issues American culture focuses on letting go of grudges and redemption narratives instead of the perpetrator's obligations or recompense for harmed parties. As survivor communities have pointed out these emphases have too often only caused more harm. But Danya Ruttenberg knew there was a better model rooted in the work of the medieval philosopher Maimonides. For Maimonides upon whose work Ruttenberg elaborates forgiveness is much less important than the repair work to which the person who caused harm is obligated. The word traditionally translated as repentance really means something more like return and in this book returning is a restoration as much as is possible to the victim and for the perpetrator of harm a coming back in humility and intentionality to behaving as the person we might like to believe we are. Maimonides laid out 5 steps: naming and owning harm; starting to change/transformation; restitution and accepting consequences; apology; and making different choices. Applying this lens to both our personal relationships and some of the most significant and painful issues of our day including systemic racism and the legacy of enslavement sexual violence and harassment in the wake of # Me Too and Native American land rights On Repentance and Repair helps us envision a way forward. Rooted in traditional Jewish concepts while doggedly accessible and available to people from any or no religious background On Repentance and Repair is a book for anyone who cares about creating a country and culture that is more whole than the one in which we live and for anyone who has been hurt or who is struggling to take responsibility for their mistakes.
Title: On Repentance And Repair Making Amends In An Unapologetic World
Author(s): Ruttenberg Danya
Publisher: Beacon Press
Barcode: 9780807013311
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 9/12/2023
Category: Religion & Beliefs
