Karen Armstrong’s Sacred Nature Disparages Judaism
A Wilderness Rabbi’s Response
Karen Armstrong’s recent book, Sacred Nature, seems like it should appeal to Jews who care about the environment. But Sacred Nature surprisingly spends a good deal of ink disparaging the Hebrew Bible and later Judaism. I have written a detailed rebuttal.
Please reprint or republish this article, or parts thereof, wherever you like (with proper attribution). My fear is that Jewish readers of Sacred Nature will think that in order to connect to the natural world, they must leave Judaism behind. It is important to respond to Armstrong's fallacious account of Jewish theology. Read the Article.
Please reprint or republish this article, or parts thereof, wherever you like (with proper attribution). My fear is that Jewish readers of Sacred Nature will think that in order to connect to the natural world, they must leave Judaism behind. It is important to respond to Armstrong's fallacious account of Jewish theology. Read the Article.
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