Finding Our Voice

“A fierce meditation about the quest for meaning in our lives that goes far beyond the happy smiley faces of empty redemption. Ellis’s reflections are haunting to Jews and non-Jews alike, as he ruminates on the forces of injustice that make meaning seem such a game of luxury. His considerations about being Jewish in the era of Jewish-state empowerment are a must-read for anybody worried about the ubiquitous network of oppressive power, politics, and religion.” 


—Susanne Scholz, Southern Methodist University





“Finding Our Voice is a beautiful and dismaying song of the prophetic. In yet another groundbreaking work, Marc Ellis offers an articulated interrogation of the complexities of theological justice, interreligious conversations, and Jewish identity. Excavating the buried responsibilities of peoplehood, he offers to the next generation of fighters the sparks that can lead to another future. This is a must-read for anyone interested in Jewish thought, social justice, coloniality and religion, Palestinian studies, and interreligious conversations.”   


—Santiago Slabodsky, Hofstra University





“Audacious, provocative and essential, Finding our Voice is classic Marc Ellis. He is truly among the most important Jewish thinkers of our time.”


—Brant Rosen, American rabbi, journalist, author, and blogger for Shalom Rav





“Ellis is a prophet that comes back to us time and again, haunting our religious commitments and the ins and outs of our faith. In this new book, Ellis’s poetry is riveting, rendering the prophetic even more complex, difficult, and challenging. Where do we go now that we have this religious consciousness? Our task is to decide what to do with our faith the same way Father Paneloux did in Camus’s novel The Plague. Definitely not an easy task.”


—Cláudio Carvalhaes, Associate Professor of Worship, Union Theological Seminary, New York City