While accompanying eight high–spirited Jewish delegates to Dharamsala; India; for a historic Buddhist–Jewish dialogue with the Dalai Lama; poet Rodger Kamenetz comes to understand the convergence of Buddhist and Jewish thought. Along the way he encounters Ram Dass and Richard Gere; and dialogues with leading rabbis and Jewish thinkers; including Zalman Schacter; Yitz and Blue Greenberg; and a host of religious and disaffected Jews and Jewish Buddhists. This amazing journey through Tibetan Buddhism and Judaism leads Kamenetz to a renewed appreciation of his living Jewish roots.
#595048 in Books 2010-10-19 2010-10-19Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.32 x 6.00l; 1.58 #File Name: 0061344907576 pages
Review
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Some light shown on the people involved and their motivation.By MarilynCertainly the most humanistic reading I have done on the subject of Islamic Terrorism. I now have a more accurate picture of the types of people who become involved and in what actually motivates their actions. Parts of the book are a bit tedious because he does put in some information; I believe; just for the record. And; still; for the most part I found it very interesting and easy reading. It doesn't really provide any actual process or system for 'unmaking' terrorism but It helps to give us an understanding on which perhaps some movement can be made. Any progress is good. As a spiritual reader I also read this book with the aim of understanding better; the psychology; and religiosity; of actual ordinary Muslims. The book discusses the religious aspects throughout the book with an unusually non-biased viewpoint. I was about halfway through reading when the author reveals himself to be an atheist. He has to be one of the most open minded atheists I have ever come across. (Though even he couldn't resist a few cute digs). I do applaud the author for his thoroughness and scholarship. This book in size looks huge but a great deal of the last part is taken up with an index of the names of individuals mentioned; and by the Note section.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. For people like me who want the factsBy Alain GriffenIf you think this is a sophomoric book; then your correct if you talk about university level sophomores.For people like me who want the facts; check out this one: https://www..com/gp/product/1573317608/The book in itself can be tedious if your not used to academic writing styles.But it is also a learning experience; which will let you have a more detailed view about terrorists.Usually highly rational progressive people can resort to conservative FUD when debating alternative Mohamedic religions.Scott Atran is one of the few people who can distinguish Muslims; and provide a quantized set of characteristics for the subset Muslims that resort to terroristic acts. Based on his anthropological research; threat indicators can be a lot more effective.It was quite a paradigm shift; when you only hear the rethoric on cable news or the internet.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Insight into not-the-obvious: talk to them.By Curt RhodesIntense; informative; intriguing. Well reasoned-out. Strong logic. Some of the take-it-for-granted-to-be-true statements would have been better served if there had been a bit more documentation of the dogmatic writing in spots. But a must-read for anyone who needs to understand extremism - and that is all of us.
