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UNINA9910826214503321 |
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Held Shai <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Abraham Joshua Heschel : the call of transcendence / / Shai Held |
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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0-253-01714-9 |
0-253-01130-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Judaism - Doctrines |
God (Judaism) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, Shai Held 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-Held puts Heschel into dialogue with contemporary Jewish |
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