Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life
- ISBN-10
- 1580232485
- ISBN-13
- 9781580232487
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 225
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jewish Lights Publishing
- Author
- Lawrence A. Hoffman
Description
Synagogues can re-emerge as a center of sacred creativity, spirituality and ethics. A challenge rather than a manual, this honest and compelling analysis of synagogues provides an entirely new set of concepts to facilitate transformative conversation.
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- 2012-05-24
- 262 pages
- Paperback
- Turner Publishing Company
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