LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS : Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success

Kushner, Harold S.

ISBN 10: 0375431373 / ISBN 13: 9780375431371

Published by Random House Large Print/Alfred A. Knopt, New York, NY, 2001

About this Item

BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. Large Print, First Edition, First Printing. Rewarding spiritual dialogue addressing rewarding life. Rabbi laureate of Temple Israel, Natick, MA, Harold S. Kushner is known for When Bad Things Happen to Good People. In this volume the Rabbi draws on annecdotes from his congregation, literature, current events and the Biblical story of Jacob (a worldly trickster who evolves into a man of God), Rabbi Kushner speaks of some persistent dilemmas confronting the human condition ---- Why do we so often violate our own moral standards? How can we pursue justice without giving in to the lure of revenge and retribution.? Persuasive, sympathetic guidelines towards balancing the conscience while in pursuit of worldly success. Written with humanity and warmth.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS : Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success
• Publisher: Random House Large Print/Alfred A. Knopt, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375431373
• ISBN 13: 9780375431371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing
• Condition: NEW - COLLECTIBLE
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion, Theology, Spiritual
  • Advice, How-to, Self-help
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

From the author of the huge bestseller When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a profound and practical book about doing well by doing good.

In this timely and compelling book, Harold Kushner addresses our craving for significance, the need to know that our lives and choices mean something. We do great things, and occassionally terrible things, to reassure ourselves that we matter to the world. We sometimes confuse fame, power, and wealth with true achievement. But finally we need to think of ourselves as good people and are troubled when we compromise our integrity to be successful and important.

Rabbi Kushner suggests that the path to a truly successful and significant life lies in friendship, family, acts of generosity and self-sacrifice, as well as God's forgiving nature. He describes how, in changing the life of even one person in a positive way, we make a difference in the world, give our lives meaning, and prove that we do in fact matter.

Persuasive and sympathetic, anecdotal and commonsensical, Living a Life that Matters inspires and uplifts.

About the Author

Harold S. Kushner is the author of several bestselling books on coping with life's challenges. He has been honored by the Christophers as one of the fifty people who have made the world a better place. He is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts.