Where to Start
For those of you who are not people of faith, take a deep breath. No one is trying to convert you. This is simply an interesting lineage and a fascinating set of connections. Today’s essay will not only recommend source materials but will also demonstrate the connectedness of issues and faiths, generations and science and spirituality, genders, and, in the end, all things! Begin with Jesus in the 4th chapter of Luke, verses 18-19. He is preaching about the poor and the oppressed, but he is reading from the book of Isaiah, meaning that his message covered many generations. It is also rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition. This work was Judaic and then became Christian. Next skip a long way- like, a couple thousand years- forward to a Hindu in…