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Day Apart

How Jews, Christians, and Muslims Find Faith, Freedom, and Joy on the Sabbath

by Christopher D Ringwald

  • Paperback
  • 336 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14.5 x 22.4 x 2.3 cm

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For those curious about faith practices and traditions

Explains the significance of Sabbath in three religions

You will gain insight into finding peace and joy on holy days

A Day Apart explores the meaning of the Sabbath across faiths.

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The Sabbath is the original feast day, a day of joy and freedom from work, a holy day that allows us to reconnect with God, our fellows and nature. Now, in a compelling blend of journalism, scholarship and personal memoir, Christopher D. Ringwald examines the Sabbath from Creation to the present, weaving together the stories of three families, three religions and three thousand years of history. A Day Apart is the first book to examine the Sabbath in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. A marvelously readable book, it offers a fascinating portrait of the basics of the three Sabbaths - the Muslim Juma on Friday, the Jewish Shabbat on Saturday and the Christian Lord's Day on Sunday - and introduces us to three families, including Ringwald's own, and shows how they observe the holy day and what it means to them. The heart of the book recounts the history of the Sabbath, ranging from the Creation story and Moses on Mount Sinai, to the teachings of Jesus and Muhammad, the impact of the Protestant Reformation and the Industrial Revolution, and the rise of the modern weekend. Ringwald shows that the Sabbath instinct, to observe a special day of withdrawal and repose, is universal.Indeed, all religions and philosophies teach that life is more than toil, that time should be set aside for contemplation, enjoyment and culture.

  • Author

    Christopher D Ringwald

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    November 2008

  • Weight

    432g

  • Page Count

    336

  • Dimensions

    14.5 x 22.4 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195370195

  • ISBN-10

    0195370198

  • Eden Code

    1234240

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