{"product_id":"surprised-by-god-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-religion-paperback","title":"Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanya Ruttenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt thirteen, Danya Ruttenberg decided she was an atheist. As a young adult, she immersed herself in the rhinestone-bedazzled wonderland of late 1990s San Francisco-drinking smuggled absinthe with wealthy geeks and plotting the revolution with feminist zinemakers. But she found herself yearning for something she would eventually call God. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurprised by God\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir of a young woman's spiritual awakening and eventual path to the rabbinate, a story of integrating life on the edge of the twenty-first century into the discipline of traditional Judaism, without sacrificing either. It's also an unflinchingly honest guide to the kind of work that goes into developing a spiritual practice-and it shows why, perhaps, doing this in today's world requires more effort than ever.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Danya Ruttenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSuprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion\u003c\/i\u003e and 2016 National Jewish Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eNurture the Now: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of several books including \u003ci\u003eYentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism.\u003c\/i\u003e She has been published in a wide variety of books and periodicals, including \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia Judaica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Jewish Writing 2002\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBitchfest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e. A contributing editor to both \u003ci\u003eLilith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen in Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e, Ruttenberg received rabbinic ordination from the Zeigler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2008. Find her online at www.danyaruttenberg.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.76 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758796636448,"sku":"9780807010693","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c70e922f5e1f492879630c377067b094.webp?v=1780135826","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/surprised-by-god-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-religion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}