Welcome to a running discussion of healthy religion!
Hello, my name is Maurice Harris, and my “day job” is that I serve as one of two rabbis at a progressive synagogue in Eugene, Oregon. For quite a long time I have been thinking, and to some extent, writing and speaking, about the notion of healthy religion. My plan for this web site and blog is to flesh out some of my ideas on this subject. At this point, I don’t have a concrete idea of exactly what I want to do with this blog. I hope that that will become clearer in the future. One thing I will say: because I’m Jewish and a rabbi to boot, a lot of my writing about what I think makes an approach to religion healthy or unhealthy is specifically discussing this question regarding Judaism. My intent in sharing or linking to any of those writings here is for readers - should there be any - to apply the principles and values I discuss to religions in general.
I don’t presume to hold the key to knowing for certain what makes an approach to religion more or less healthy - I want to make that clear. For now, this blog is a place for me to jot down some of the things I’m exploring. I’m also new at blogging, so I expect a very choppy and uneven start.