The Human and the Holy : : The Spirituality of Abraham Joshua Heschel / / Donald Moore.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Moore, Donald,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 p.)

No Jewish thinker of the middle half of this 20th century has left such an indelible mark upon his times as has Abraham Joshua Heschel. A distinguished professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York from 1945 until his death in 1972, Rabbi Heschel sought in both his writing and teaching to expose the depth and meaning of Judaism along with its relevance to our contemporary world, and in a special way to contemporary Christianity. Rabbi Heschel was also in the forefront of the great human concerns of his day. He dealt with the problems of the young and of the elderly at two White House Conferences; he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and lead protests against American policy in Vietnam, participating in numerous civil rights marches and peace rallies. He worked tirelessly for the betterment of Jewish-Christian relations and played a key role in the deliberations of Vatican II. The Human and the Holy provides a fascinating overview of the spirituality of Rabbi Heschel, underscoring its meaning for both Jew and Christian. For as Heschel's spirituality makes abundantly clear, Jews and Christians share much on a religious, personal, and social level, while shedding greater light on the roots and challenges of their own particular faith tradition.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 The Quest for Being Human -- Introduction -- Humanity on Trial -- Authentic Humanity -- The Struggle for Meaning -- The Challenge of Living -- Wonder, Awe, and Amazement -- Manipulation and Appreciation -- 2 Faith: The Flowering of the Human -- Introduction -- The Genesis of Faith -- Response to the Mystery -- Faith and Belief -- Faith and Revelation -- 3 The God of Care and Concern -- Pathos as Fundamental -- Apathy vs. Sympathy -- The Wrath of God -- The Divine Initiative -- Partnership with God -- God as Challenge and Demand -- The Presence and Glory of God -- 4 Religion and Human Existence -- Origin of Religion -- Dangers and Weaknesses of Religion -- The Role of Prayer -- An Invitation to God -- Becoming Known by God -- Prayer and Worship -- The Prophetic Religion of Sympathy -- Uniqueness of Prophetic Religion -- 5 The Demand To Be Human -- Introduction -- Covenant and Election -- Centrality of the Deed -- To Be What One Does -- Halacha and Agada -- The Danger of Symbolism -- The Sabbath: Sanctifying Time -- Redemption: A Divine and a Human Task -- The Role of the Land -- Judaism and Christianity -- 6 Holiness Through Humanness -- Introduction -- The Pious Man -- A Prophetic Spirituality -- The Baal Shem and the Kotzker -- The Jewish Community in Eastern Europe -- The Role of Education -- A Universality of Concern -- An Unfinished Task -- Bibliography