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

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

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...

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Moore, Donald,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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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

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