How good do we have to be?
How good do we have to be?: a new understanding of guilt and forgiveness Harold S. Kushner
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown & Co., c1996.
ISBN: 0316519332
DDC: 296.7
Edition: (pbk)
Summary:
From the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People comes an
inspiring new bestseller that puts human feelings of guilt and
inadequacy in perspective - and teaches us how we can learn to accept
ourselves and others even when we and they are less than perfect. How
Good Do We Have to Be? is for everyone who experiences that sense of
guilt and disappointment. Harold Kushner, writing with his customary
generosity and wisdom, shows us how human life is too complex for
anyone to live it without making mistakes, and why we need not fear
the loss of God's love when we are less than perfect. Harold Kushner
begins by offering a radically new interpretation of the story of
Adam and Eve, which he sees as a tale of Paradise Outgrown rather
than Paradise Lost: eating from the Tree of Knowledge was not an act
of disobedience, but a brave step forward toward becoming human,
complete with the richness of work, sexuality and child-rearing, and
a sense of our mortality.
Drawing on modern literature, psychology, theology, and his own
thirty years of experience as a congregational rabbi, Harold Kushner
reveals how acceptance and forgiveness can change our relationships
with the most important people in our lives and help us meet the bold
and rewarding challenge of being human.
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