Can you be spiritual

without being religious?

Can you be rational and spiritual

at the same time?

Is there an ethical dimension

SECULAR
SPIRITUALITY:

PASSIONATE
JOURNEY TO A
RATIONAL JUDAISM

October 18th .21st, 2001
Pivnick Center for
Humanistic Judaism

The Birmingham Temple

28611 West Twelve Mile Road
Farmington Hills, Michigan

to spirituality?

Do beauty and the arts fit

into the spiritual experience?

Are science and

Secular and spiritual — Are they compatible? Can they
exist together in a meaningful Secular Humanistic
Judaism? As Secular Humanistic Jews we are drawn to
rationality in our search for the truth. But we need more
than reason to give meaning to our lives. Colloquium
2001 will explore the relevance of secular spirituality, its
roots, progression over time and expression in science,
literature and the arts.

spirituality in conflict?

ON*

SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18

Can we learn from the

8:00 P.M.

mysticism of the past?

Keynote
Open to the public
Reception fo lowing

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19
9:00 A.M. Rethinking Traditional Spirituality

Can a secular spirituality embrace

the Bible and the Talmud?

Does a secular spirituality

have roots in the secular Jewish

movements of the past?

Do Zionism and Israel have

a spiritual dimension?

10:30 A.M. Rethinking the Bible

1:00 P.M.

Rethinking Jewish Mysticism

2:30 P.M.

Rethinking Jewish Secularism

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

9:00 A.M.

10:30 A.M. Art and Nature:
Beauty and Spirituality

1:00 P.M.

Science and Spirituality

2:30 P.M.

Ethics and Spirituality

8:00 P.M.

Theater of Secular Spirituality

can find for the "experience?"

0

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

9:00 A.M.

Is "spiritual" the best word we

Zionism and Spirituality

An Alternative Perspective

10:30 A.M. Now What Do We Do?

1:00 P.M.

Closing Discussion

For More Information and Registration

Can a secular spirituality

enrich my life?

Call (248) 476-9532

E-MAIL: iishj@iishj.org
or visit us on the internet at www.iishj.org

International Institute for Secular
Humanistic Judaism
with support of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

9/21
2001

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