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Surprised by God : how I learned to stop worrying and love religion / Danya Ruttenberg by Ruttenberg, Danya. Beacon Press, 2008. Call #: 296.7092 R982s Subjects Ruttenberg, Danya.   Jewish women -- Religious life -- United States -- Biography.   Jewish women -- Biography.   Jewish youth -- Religious life -- United States -- Biography.   Jewish youth -- Biography.   Women rabbis -- Massachusetts -- Biography.   Rabbis -- Massachusetts -- Biography. ISBN:  9780807010693 (pbk.) 9780807010686 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed Description:  xiv, 235 pages ; 23 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) Summary:  "At thirteen, Danya Ruttenberg decided that she was an atheist. Watching the sea of adults standing up and sitting down at Rosh Hashanah services, and apparently giving credence to the patently absurd truth-claims of the prayer book, she came to a conclusion: Marx was right. As a young adult, Danya immersed herself in the rhinestone-bedazzled wonderland of late-1990s San Francisco-attending Halloweens on the Castro, drinking smuggled absinthe with wealthy geeks, and plotting the revolution with feminist zinemakers. But she found herself yearning for something she would eventually call God. As she began inhaling countless stories of spiritual awakenings of Catholic saints, Buddhist nuns, medieval mystics, and Hasidic masters, she learned that taking that yearning seriously would require much of her. A religious coming-of-age story, from the mosh pit to the Mission District and beyond. The memoir of a young woman who found, lost, and found again communities of like-minded seekers, all the while taking a winding, semi-reluctant path through traditional Jewish practice that eventually took her to the rabbinate. The story of integrating life on the edge of the twenty-first century into the discipline of traditional Judaism without sacrificing either. It's also a map through the hostile territory of the inner life, an unflinchingly honest guide to the kind of work that goes into developing a spiritual practice in today's world. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg is the author of Nurture the Wow: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting. She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. Visit her website at danyaruttenberg.net"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 296.7092 R982s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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