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® Religion For Dummies by Rabbi Marc Gellman & Monsignor Thomas Hartman Religion For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2002 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-750- 4744. 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Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Control Number: 2001012345 ISBN: 978-0-7645-5264-9 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 1B/TR/RR/QY/IN About the Authors Rabbi Marc Gellman and Monsignor Thomas Hartman write a nationally syndicated newspaper column on faith and values and host their own cable television program, The God Squad. They appear regularly as religion consultants for many television and radio programs, including the syndicated radio show, Imus in the Morning. Their children’s book, How Do You Spell God? was made into an animated children’s special for HBO and won the Peabody Award. They also have written Where Does God Live?, Lost and Found: A Kid’s Book for Living through Loss, and Bad Stuff in the News. At the foundation of their literary and media efforts is the central fact that Rabbi Gellman is a working rabbi and Monsignor Hartman a working priest. Rabbi Marc Gellman: Rabbi Gellman has written two volumes of modern Bible interpretations (midrashim) for children: Does God Have a Big Toe? and God’s Mailbox. He also has written Always Wear Clean Underwear: And other ways your parents say “I love you,” and And God Cried, Too: A Kid’s Book of Healing and Hope. Rabbi Gellman is the senior rabbi of Temple Beth Torah in Melville, New York. He is also a past president of the New York Board of Rabbis. Rabbi Gellman holds an earned doctorate in Philosophy from Northwestern University. He is married to Betty Schulson and has two children, Mara and Max. Monsignor Thomas Hartman: Monsignor Hartman’s books include The Matter of Life and Death: Surviving Loss and Finding Hope and Just a Moment: Life Matters with Father Tom. Monsignor Hartman directs the diocesan television station, Telecare, for the Diocese of Rockville Centre on Long Island, New York, and celebrates Mass at Holy Trinity High School and St. Vincent de Paul Church. Monsignor Hartman holds an earned Doctorate of Ministry degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California. Dedication We thought about dedicating this book to Don Imus, who definitely believed from the beginning that we were dumb enough to write it. We thought about dedicating this book to all our friends who have not seen much of us during the past year and have had to endure our quoting from obscure Taoist sources at dinner parties. Finally, we decided to dedicate this book to the teachers of religion everywhere on earth. Each day, they awaken to teach that life is more than getting and fighting. Each day, they try to awaken in us the better angels of our nature. Each day, they try to make the world better than it was yesterday according to a vision of the truth that will never die. Authors’ Acknowledgments No matter how much we knew — and we didn’t know nearly enough — there was no way for us to truly understand the deep meaning of every faith on planet Earth. Therefore, we truly and deeply thank all those whose wise contributions helped turn our minds and hearts to new understandings of ancient and modern faiths and whose editorial advice kept this book under 1,000 pages. We thank Tracy Barr; and also thank Fay Shapiro, Tracy Boggier, Kathleen Nebenhaus, Michelle Hacker, Patricia Yuu Pan, Michael Kelly, Marla Selvidge, William Young, Jamsheed Choksy, Kristin Cocks, Christine Beck, Diane Steele, Joyce Pepple, and Kevin Thornton. Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our Dummies online registration form located at www.dummies.com/register/. Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Publisher’s Acknowledgment Tracy Barr, Consultant Acquisitions, Editorial, and Media Development Acquisitions Editor: Tracy Boggier Editor: Mike Kelly Senior Copy Editor: Patricia Yuu Pan Editorial Supervisor: Michelle Hacker Technical Editors: Marla J. Selvidge, Ph.D., Central Missouri State University William Young, Westminster College Jamsheed K. Choksy, Indiana University Cover Photos: © ADAM SMITH/Getty Images © Corbis © PictureQuest Composition Services Project Coordinator: Nancee Reeves Layout and Graphics: Scott M. Bristol, Joyce Haughey, Barry Offringa, Jacque Schneider, Betty Schulte, Mary J. Virgin Proofreaders: Laura Albert, John Greenough, Andy Hollandbeck, Aptara Indexer: Aptara Special Help: Christine Beck Publishing and Editorial for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher, Consumer Dummies Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director, Consumer Dummies Kristin A. 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