Publication
Ballantine Books (1992), Paperback, 304 pages
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Call number
Th-B2-0645
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Available
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Description
"Enriching...A well-written, absorbing depiction of a fascinating school."THE BOSTON GLOBEIn 1985, Ari L. Gldman took a year's leave from his job as a religion reporter for THE NEW YORK TIMES and enrolled in the Harvard Divnity School. What began as a project to deepen his knowledge of world religion became an extraordinary journey of spiritual illumination. Written with warmth, humor, and penetrating clarity, Goldman describes his extraordinary year, the surprising and enlightening students and teachers, he met, and his ongoing quest to determine what it means to take religion seriously today.A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
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Thebook was interesting, and I may have learned useful information regarding religions i have not studied, but it is difficult to know, as the author was much more interested in talking about himself and his difficulties and great solutions, than he was in presenting facts. He sees himself as an
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Ortnhodox Jew, but is very willing to dismiss rules when they do not fit his needs. He presents himself as very open and likable and also severely damaged by his parents' divorce when he was a child. Show Less
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ISBN
0345377060 / 9780345377067