Research Catalog

Title

The rabbi as symbolic exemplar : by the power vested in me : for rabbis, other clergy, and the laity who care about them and their sacred work / Jack H. Bloom.

Author

Bloom, Jack H, 1932-

Publication

New York : Haworth Press, ©2002.

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Details

Description

xvii, 336 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

"This unique book details how symbolic exemplarhood is created, what its downside is, what power it offers, how it can be used effectively, how rabbis and other clergy can deal with their inner lives, and what can be done to help them stay "human" while maintaining their leadership."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Rabbis > Office
• Pastoral theology (Judaism)
• Rabbis > Office
• Rabbiner
• Pastoraltheologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. An Athletic Coach for Rabbis: The Path I Have Come? -- 2. Psychotherapy and Judaism Today: The Interface -- 3. Who Become Clergy? -- Symbolic Exemplarhood -- 4. The Special Tensions of Being "The Rabbi" -- 5. Symbolic Exemplarhood and the Rabbi's Family -- 6. The Inner Life of the Rabbi, or Who's at Home Anyway? And What's All the Commotion About? -- 7. The Silenced Modim -- Modim d'Rabanan: Tending Our Wounded Selves -- Educating About Symbolic Examplarhood -- 8. By the Power Vested in Me: What Rabbis Need to Know and Do -- 9. The Seasons of a Rabbi: Dilemmas and Suggestions for Training -- Using the Power of Symbolic Exemplarhood -- 10. Witnessing, Naming, and Blessing -- 11. Curing and Healing -- 12. The Eulogy as a Tool in Grief Work -- 13. Ten Commandments for Rabbis -- The Rabbi as Symbol in the Public Arena -- 14. Journey to Understanding -- 15. A Refusenik Odyssey.

ISBN

• 0789018659
• 0789018667
• 0765761718
• 9780765761712
• 9780789018656
• 9780789018663

LCCN

00056546

OCLC

• ocm44493361
• 44493361
• SCSB-1271462

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library