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The summer issue of Reform Judaism Magazine is out and it looks good! The feature article is titled “Why Religion Matters” is by Krista Tippett (who I believe is a Christian as well as being the host of NPR’s Speaking of Faith, which BTW is one of my favorite radio programs) was an interesting read and something I highly recommend checking out. Oh and if you like this article by Tippet (and you somehow missed my last post,) you might want to check out Speaking of Faith’s Recent program on the life and Legacy of Abraham Joshua Heschel. It was truly amazing. 

Here is a snippet of her feature article from RJ Magazine.

Some say that religion is the cause of our worst divisions, and a threat to democracy and civilization. The truth is more broadly and deeply rooted in the human psyche and spirit.

The great religious traditions have survived across millennia because they express insights that human beings have repeatedly found to be true. But they are containers for those insights—fashioned and carried forward by human beings, and therefore prone to every passion and frailty of the human condition. Religions become entangled with human identity, and there is nothing more intimate and volatile than that. Our sacred traditions should help us live more thoughtfully, generously, and hopefully with the tensions of our age. But to grasp that, we must look anew at the very nature of faith.

You can read the rest here.

I haven’t really checked out the rest of this issue yet but if the feature article is any indication the rest should be quite readable as well.

Enjoy and if you do check it out do let us know what you thought.

Hat Tip to ChaviJo for mentioning that the latest issue was out.