2006, ISBN: 0853037035

[EAN: 9780853037033], Nouveau livre, [SC: 6.0], [PU: Mitchell Vallentine & Company], Religion|Judaism|Conservative, Religion|Messianic Judaism, Religion|Judaism|Reform, Religion|Judaism|T… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780853037033], Nouveau livre, [SC: 6.0], [PU: Mitchell Vallentine & Company], Religion|Judaism|Conservative, Religion|Messianic Judaism, Religion|Judaism|Reform, Religion|Judaism|Theology, Jacket, Rabbi John Desmond Rayner CBE (1924 ¿ 2005) was born in Berlin as Hans Sigismund Rahmer. He left Berlin in 1939 on one of the last Kindertransports. Between 1943 and 1947 Rayner served in the British Army. In October 1947 he took up an open scholarship in modern languages at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In his second year he switched to Moral Science which comprised philosophy, logic, ethics and psychology and graduated in 1950 with First Class Honours. In his sixth year Rayner began working as a research student on a thesis about Maimonides' conception of Revelation. Rayner was ordained in the Liberal Jewish ministry in 1953 and served the South London Liberal Synagogue, in Streatham until 1957. He then worked at St John's Wood Liberal Synagogue until in 1963. Rayner was invited to the Hebrew Union College to take up a graduate fellowship. He returned to the UK to serve as Minister at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in June 1965. He wrote books on diverse topics including halakha, marriage, ethics, Zionism, theology and Jewish-Christian relations. He was voted one of the best preachers in Britain by Harpers and Queen magazine in 1976. He was an active participant in inter-faith work as co-chairman of the London Society of Jews and Christians. As a result of this work in 1993 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His thought emphasises the importance of ethics and the need for a more halakhic approach to Progressive Judaism. Works The Practices of Liberal Judaism (1958) Guide to Jewish Marriage (1975) Judaism for Today (1978) An Understanding of Judaism (1997) A Jewish Understanding of the World (1998) Jewish Religious Law. A Progressive Perspective (1998) Principles of Jewish Ethics (1998) Aspects of Liberal Jewish Thought (1999) Signposts to the Messianic Age: Sermons and Lectures (2005)<

ISBN: 9780853037033

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