Our Immoral Soul : A Manifesto of Spiritual Disobedience

Rabbi Bonder turns a few conventional religious ideas on their heads as he examines the Bible and other Jewish teachings to identify the forces at play in individual, social, and spiritual transformation. Religious conformists believe that obeying the established moral order will lead to the salvation of our souls. On the contrary, says Bonder, the human spirit is nourished by what society labels immoral. Even the Bible legitimizes the notion that we have a God-given urge to rebel against the status quo in order to evolve, grow, and ascend. It is this "immoral" soul of ours that impels us to do battle with God -- and out of this clash, Bonder predicts, a new humanity will emerge. The discussion includes questions of evolutionary psychology; the relation of body and soul; infidelity in marria anti-Semitism and the Jew as trait transgression, sacrifice, and redemption in Judaism and Christianity; and the Messiah as archetypal transgressor.Bonder, Nilton is the author of 'Our Immoral Soul : A Manifesto of Spiritual Disobedience', published 2002 under ISBN 9781570629242 and ISBN 1570629242.