02683nam 2200601 450 991082621450332120200520144314.00-253-01714-90-253-01130-2(CKB)2550000001131526(EBL)1480839(OCoLC)861081906(SSID)ssj0001001454(PQKBManifestationID)11541200(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001454(PQKBWorkID)10967455(PQKB)11190868(MiAaPQ)EBC1480839(MdBmJHUP)muse32230(Au-PeEL)EBL1480839(CaPaEBR)ebr10783790(CaONFJC)MIL531235(PPN)227514351(EXLCZ)99255000000113152620130606h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAbraham Joshua Heschel the call of transcendence /Shai HeldBloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-01126-4 1-299-99984-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 JewishJudaismDoctrinesGod (Judaism)JudaismDoctrines.God (Judaism)296.3092Held Shai1971-1623678MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826214503321Abraham Joshua Heschel3958228UNINA