A prophetic peace : Judaism, religion, and politics / / Alick Isaacs

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806179603321
• Autore: Isaacs Alick <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-23597-8; 9786613235978; 0-253-00564-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.9204/5242092; B
• Soggetti: Lebanon War, 2006; Soldiers - Israel; Arab-Israeli conflict - Peace; War - Religious aspects - Judaism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Lebanon II; Chapter 1 Politics, Anti-Politics, and Religion; Chapter 2 Irenic Scholarship; Chapter 3 Theological Disarmament; Chapter 4 Deconstruction and the Prophetic Voice; Chapter 5 Messianic Peace; Chapter 6 The Rabbinic Voice; Chapter 7 A Prayer for Peace; Chapter 8 Peace Education; Afterword: Beating Softly; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Challenging deeply held convictions about Judaism, Zionism, war, and peace, Alick Isaacs's combat experience in the second Lebanon war provoked him to search for a way of reconciling the belligerence of religion with its messages of peace. In his insightful readings of the texts of Biblical prophecy and rabbinic law, Isaacs draws on the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Martin Buber, among others, to propose an ambitious vision of religiously inspired peace.