Rabbi Tony Bayfield is a graduate of Magdalene College Cambridge and Leo Baeck College, London. He has been both Head and President of the Movement for Reform Judaism. He also has a Lambeth doctorate for a body of published work in the world of theology and Christian Jewish relations. He has a CBE for services to Reform Judaism and was awarded the Inter Faith Gold Medallion. This is his sixth book. He has contributed to numerous learned journals and reviews.
Preface: Our starting point: journeying through a shared world
PART ONE - BEING BOTH JEW AND JEWISH TODAY: YOU CAN'T IGNORE THE CONTEXT
1 The particular journey
2 The shared context
PART TWO - BEING A JEW TODAY: IDENTITY AND PEOPLEHOOD
3 Israel as People
4 Israel as Land
PART THREE - JUDAISM TODAY: LIGHT AND WEIGHT
5 Torah: Judaism's unique selling point
6 Covenant theology: Halakhah, law
7 Covenant theology: Aggadah, ethics
PART FOUR - JEWISH FAITH TODAY: GOD, SUFFERING AND SILENCE
8 Fragments after the devastation
9 My God, my god - what kind of God are you?
10 Life beyond death: Individual survival and messianic hope
Glossary
Jewish thinkers contributing to this book
Notes
Acknowledgements
Index
A Note on the Author
Cover Artwork: Mark Rothko, Untitled, c.1950-2
