Abraham Joshua Heschel : the call of transcendence / / Shai Held

• Autore: Held Shai <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.3092
• Soggetto topico: Judaism - Doctrines; God (Judaism)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Abraham Joshua Heschel
• ISBN: 0-253-01714-9; 0-253-01130-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790508003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II