| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 333 pages) |
| Contents |
Wonder, intuition, and the path to God -- Theological method and religious anthropology : Heschel among the Christians -- Revelation and co-revelation --The pathos of the self-transcendent God -- "Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?" : divine silence and human protest in Heschel's writings --The self that transcends itself : Heschel on prayer -- Enabling immanence : prayer in a time of divine hiddenness |
| Summary |
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was a prolific scholar, impassioned theologian, and prominent activist who participated in the Black civil rights movement and the campaign against the Vietnam War. He has been hailed as a hero, honored as a visionary, and endlessly quoted as a devotional writer. In this sympathetic, yet critical, examination, the author elicits the overarching themes and unity of Heschel's incisive and insightful thought. Focusing on the idea of transcendence - or the movement from self-centeredness to God-centeredness - the author puts Heschel into dialogue with contemporary Jewish thinkers, Christian theologians, devotional writers, and philosophers of religion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-326) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972 -- Teachings
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| SUBJECT |
Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972 fast |
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Judaism -- Doctrines.
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God (Judaism)
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Religious.
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Teachings
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God (Judaism)
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Judaism -- Doctrines
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253011305 |
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0253011302 |
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