Common Prayers

"Warmth, humor, and first-rate scholarship ...[for] those considering intermarraige, and those... who simply would like to learn more about Judaism."--Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews

"An illumination and a challenge, COMMON PRAYERS is a masterpiece of inter-religious meditation....[A] new phase of Jewish-Christian understanding."--James Carroll, author of CONSTANTINE'S SWORD: The Church and the Jews

"What a wonderful book. Every Jew and Christian facing the possibility that a family member will intermarry--which means virtually everyone--must read Harvey Cox's memoir-journey-analysis of what it means to be a committed Christian married to a committed Jew raising a Jewish child....[H]e insists that the children of every Jewish-Christian intermarraige must be raised as Jews. This is truly a book for the future. It helps to define what the relationship between Jews and Christians must become as we increasingly become members of the same family."--Alan Dershowitz, author of SUPREME INJUSTICE: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000

"Can two traditions be fully and equally honored in their distinct differences, and that in a manner that both partners find enriching the life of their family? In this book Harvey Cox affirms that possibility, and it takes a theologian to do so both in a personal and a convincing way. For thinking about God is not a zero sum game."--Bishop Krister Stendahl, former dean Harvard Divinity School

"Cox has taken a closer and more sympathetic look at Judaism as actually lived than any other non-Jewish writer ever."--Rabbi Arthur Green, Brandeis University

"Accessible and engaging, Cox blends stories of his personal journey with humor and a scholar's insight." The Los Angeles Times --