The Tragedy Test
Making Sense of Life-Changing Loss--A Rabbi's Journey
Published on 25. October 2018
Book
Hardback
188 pages
978-1-5326-5793-1 (ISBN)
Description
When tragedy strikes we want to know:
Why did this happen?
How could it have happened?
Where is life's justice and fairness?
When tragedy strikes we need to know:
What still makes sense.
What paths lead to healing.
How to deal with the timeless questions.
When Rabbi Richard Agler's twenty-six-year-old daughter Talia was struck and killed by a motor vehicle, his understanding of tragedy failed him. This book is an account of a journey, one he had no choice but to take, leading from unimaginable grief to (at least partial) recovery.
In clear and compelling language, with references to both ancient and modern sources of wisdom, Rabbi Agler offers insight for everyone who has, or who one day might, experience painful loss.
The Tragedy Test may give you enhanced clarity on some of humanity's most profound questions. It may lead you to reimagine the nature of our universe. It may fundamentally challenge your understanding of the God you thought you knew. It will not leave you unmoved or unchanged.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
377 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5326-5793-1 (9781532657931)
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E-Book
10/2018
Wipf and Stock Publishers
€21.49
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Person
Rabbi Richard Agler is a Rabbi and the author of The Tragedy Test: Making Sense of Life-Changing Loss (2018). He tours and teaches on its themes and subjects and, as codirector of the Tali Fund, Inc., supports the Talia Agler Girls Shelter for trafficked, abused, and exploited girls in Nairobi, Kenya. Married to Mindy, they are the parents of Jesse (Tovah), Talia z""l, and Sarah (Dave). They have two grandchildren.
Rabbi Rifat Sonsino, a Reform Rabbi and an academic, was born in Turkey. He received his law degree from the University of Istanbul, his ordination at the Hebrew Union College and his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written a number of books on Bible and theology, and keeps a blog, rsonsino.blogspot.com, which has more than 690,000 viewers around the world. Married to Ines, they have two children and four grandchildren.