Romantic Love And Judaism

Love can be categorized as romantic love, family love, friendship love. Yet, divine love is always indispensable. However, do these religions really promote how to love? In All about love, hook seems to disagree that religion is used effectively to promote how to love in the world. But is this the truth? Are religions as hooks says, “corrupts and violates religion principles”? In this essay, I will discuss how religions play a role in creating and practicing the spiritual love, then I will examine oppositely and comment on how hooks criticize organized religions in promoting other cultures. Lastly, I will examine how spiritual practice and religion beliefs work together to enhance our spiritual life.

The Uncommon Idea of Love In “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love” by Stephanie Coontz, a college professor, author, and historian on the subject of marriage, the history of marriage and the idea of love was discussed. Coontz covered marriage from many times periods and many countries, such as Greece, France, and Chinese. She also touched on the idea of love and marrying because of it. Her main idea was, “But only rarely in history has love been seen as the main reason for getting married” (4).

In this way, love is defined as an intimate connection where the couple…. In terms of Wild Seed, Butler eradicates the whole idea of love being central to a marriage. She explains that marriage is also part of a personal gain. Using Doro, she expresses that he believes marriage is solely for creating the best offspring. Ignoring conceptions about incest, Doro ponders, “perhaps if your sons and daughters married each other….” (15). It’s advantageous if two people with powers married and had offspring, despite having blood relations. Most of the marriages that Doro has forced on his people were not out of spotting intimate feelings, it was about producing powerful people for his own benefit. Disconnecting current perceptions of love from marriage questions why marriage is so significant in modern

"Research has found that romantic love exists in all cultures, which suggests that love has a strong biological component" (How to Know When You Love Someone) Despite the depressing environment of Nazi Germany, Liesel's love for her foster parents and her friendship with Max illustrate that the search for love is a fundamental human trait. The cultural circumstances of the era shape their relationships, yet their bonds are undeniably rooted in a need for affection and companionship. This demonstrates that while cultural factors influence the manifestation of love, the core impulse to love is biologically embedded in human

To begin with, love in 400BCE, was not described as the type of love seen today. In fact, throughout 475AD-1500, romantic love did not exists. In the article, Puritans and Rationalist, Singer mentions “Luther’s outlook was complicated by his firm believe that God’s agape could descend upon a married couple”(pg. 242). Luther’s views on married couples demonstrates historical evidence, of how romantic love has evolved. Unlike, Fisher who does not provide historical evidence for her claims.

Love used correctly allows closer relationships between people. Like Romeo and Juliet, Reuven the Orthodox Jew and Danny the Hasidic Jew from different walks of life accepted each other despite their differences. Danny hurt Reuven to the point of hospitalization and that cannot be easily forgiven. Reuven not only forgave but also befriended Danny. He loved enough to forgive what Danny did.

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Fredrickson describes love as “true positivity-charged connection with other living beings” (107). With this definition in mind, it becomes plain at the outset that love need not take place within close relationships. Any “positivity-charged” (107) interaction and connection with anyone, including strangers, can be love. While “cultural heritage”

Successful marriages are built on the strong foundation of couples’ understanding of each other with mutual trust and respect. To have such a wonderful relationship for a lifetime, it is necessary to have a serious and goal oriented dating with a person of your choice. Marriages built upon such strong foundation will weather any amount of harsh conditions and stress that may come across in your life. Couples facing such difficult conditions and surviving with the help of each other are considered as dream lovers, who dreamt of having a wonderful relationship for life. This way of bonding is not only considered the Jewish way of living life, but could also be termed as the most sensible approach for a fruitful life. Jewish way of dating and approach to life is different when compared to the world mired in loosening of social

Also, sexuality and its role in the family life were greatly different for Jews who lived during the Middle Ages. For the Jewish community sexuality was often perceived as an important part of the marriage that was a blessing from God, while Christians thought that sexuality was a sin. The Jewish community placed emphasis on sexuality and the mutuality in a relationship in order for it to be healthy. This standard and the fact that Jewish people also believed that procreation was only obligatory for men demonstrates the vast difference between Jews and their counterparts. By finding sexuality to be an important part of marriage and thus the creation of a family, they isolated themselves from the Christians who believed this to be taboo. All

To understand the motives behind marriage between Japanese individuals it is best to understand their attitudes toward romantic love (Simmons, Vom Kolke and Shimizu, 1896). Simmons, Vom Kolke and Shimizu conducted a study involving Unmarried University students from Japanese, German, and American descent. Theses participants were tested using the “Hobard Scale of Romanticism and the Attitudes Towards Love Scale”, where participants either agreed or disagreed with the responses given (Simmons, Vom Kolke and Shimizu, 1896). After completing the tests results showed that Romantic Love, was less valued within the Japanese individuals, than the German and American individuals. German subjects reported a high value on romantic love, and showed a true passion for the idea that “love will last forever” (Simmons, Vom Kolke and Shimizu, 1896). German subjects show a great difference from Japanese subjects in their high importance of romantic love and the relationship two people form together naturally out of pure connection. Simmons, Vom Kolke and Shimizu (1896) claim, “They differed from the other samples in agreeing that the institution of marriage may result in disillusionment, but were nonetheless stronger in their belief that true love lasts forever”. Although Japanese subjects do believe in the ideas that love lasts forever, they differ in their idea that marriage may not be as great as others believe it to be. Japanese subjects acknowledge the pessimistic view that even though

Courtly love succeeded in making love between two persons more honourable than it has been before, when marriage between a man and a women was mainly seen as a tool used for economical, political or religious reasons (Singer, Philosophy of Love 33).

For the Nyimba, the concept of romantic love does exist and can marry for romantic reasons. In Nyimba society, they practice fraternal polyandry which is the practice of one woman marrying multiple men who happen to be brothers. It is her job to love all the brothers equally. However, though, she must stay one year with each brother starting with the eldest. In their culture, women are viewed as the rock of the family, the one who keeps everyone going and keeps everyone based in reality. In the case of divorce, can prove to be a difficult task that requires a lot of money and a lot of patience. Still, the practice of divorce is looked down

The second great force at the turn of the century is itself global: the emergence of women in the public sphere, including the public face of religion. This is in part a function of women's growing economic and political power, but also a result of religion itself coming into the public sphere in new ways. Many aspects of religion have long been considered private and relegated largely to the context of home and family, where women have often been the primary practitioners, though men might dominate in institutional leadership positions. As both religion and women move out of the private into the public sphere, new challenges arise. For example, central facets of family and home – particularly love and sex – which have more traditionally been the purview of women and of religion have entered the realm

In “Bringing Home the Wrong Race,” Diane Farr, an American, writes about the struggles she had to face when she wanted to marry a Korean guy named Seung Yong Chung. One of these struggles was making Seung’s parents accept Diane when Seung’s parents strictly said that he would marry a Korean. Basically, even in modern times, parents set limitations in marriages and relationships. As shown by the experiences of Diane Farr, her husband’s parents had set limitations in who he could marry. Another similarity is that if a person were to marry because of love, it would not be considered wise. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hermia wants to marry Lysander because she loves him; however, Egeus does not want that to happen. “It is generally considered foolish to marry for love. . .” (Maggi Ros). There are similarities in marriage between these three time periods such as how parents had the say in marriages and relationships and how marrying for love was foolish.