Maps and Meaning: Levitical Models for Contemporary Care
About this ebook
Maps and Meaning is relevant to those
looking for a fresh perspective on biblical narratives related to the role of
the priest, patients, soldiers, and others who spend time “outside the camp.”
The authors consider the geographical, interpersonal, temporal, and spiritual
transitions individuals experience when they move “in” and “out of the camp”
and the impact their time outside the camp has on family and community. The
authors propose a societal approach that embraces the inevitability of life’s
ebbs and flow and that draws maps to facilitate these journeys.
About the author
Nancy H. Wiener is the founding director of the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, where she holds the Steinberg Chair in Human Relations. She is a board certified chaplain and a rabbi in a Reform congregation, as well as the author of several books on life cycle counseling through a Jewish lens.
Jo Hirschmann is a Reform rabbi and a board certified chaplain who currently serves as the pastoral care coordinator at Phelps Hospice in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Prior to becoming a rabbi, she worked for a decade with non-profit organizations serving, and advocating on behalf of, homeless and formerly incarcerated people.