The ethics and religious philosophy of Etty Hillesum : : proceedings of the Etty Hillesum Conference at Ghent University, January 2014 / / edited by Klaas A.D. Smelik, Meins G.S. Coetsier, and Jurjen Wiersma ; with the assistance of Carolyn Coman, Caroline Diepeveen, and Laura Van Brussel.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, v. 28
• Author: Etty Hillesum Conference Ghent University, Belgium)
• TeilnehmendeR: Smelik, K. A. D., 1950-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017]
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 28.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 383 pages)

The Ethics and Religious Philosophy of Etty Hillesum contains the proceedings of the second international Etty Hillesum Congress at Ghent University in January 2014 and is a joint effort by fifteen Hillesum experts to shed new light on the life, works and vision of the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), one of the victims of the Nazi-regime. Hillesum’s diaries and letters illustrate her heroic struggle to come to terms with her personal life in the context of the Holocaust. This volume revives Hillesum research with a comprehensive rereading of her texts. With the current rise of interest in peace studies, Judaism, the Holocaust, inter-religious dialogue, gender studies and mysticism, it is evident that this book will be invaluable to students and scholars in various disciplines.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Klaas A.D. Smelik -- Perspectives of Research on Etty Hillesum’s Writings / Klaas A.D. Smelik -- Etty Hillesum’s Ethical Consciousness and the History of Jewish Philosophy / Meins G.S. Coetsier -- Dimensions of Mystical Experience in the Thinking and Behavior of Etty Hillesum / Fulvio Cesare Manara† -- The Journey of Etty Hillesum from Eros to Agape / Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer -- Etty Hillesum as Moral-Theological Guide: From Fear to Love’s Givenness and At-Riskness / William McDonough -- The Carnivalesque in the Writing and Spirituality of Etty Hillesum / John Cartner -- Spinoza and Etty Hillesum: Two Different Views of God / Maria Luísa Ribeiro Ferreira -- The Courage to Write: Biography and Religion in Etty Hillesum and Søren Kierkegaard / Ulrich Lincoln -- Etty Hillesum and Primo Levi among the Drowned and the Saved: Experiences of Inner Freedom / Maria Gabriella Nocita -- Etty Hillesum and Sophie Scholl: Sisters in Fate / Marta Perrini -- The Phantom of God in the (Auto-)Biographical Writings of Hélène Cixous and Etty Hillesum / Maria Essunger -- Chipping Away the Ice that Surrounds the Soul: Etty Hillesum and Dorothee Sölle / Jurjen Wiersma -- Etty Hillesum’s Reaction to the Persecution of Her People / Klaas A.D. Smelik -- Etty Hillesum’s Views on the Nazis and Their Henchmen / Bettine Siertsema -- The Influence of the Work of Rainer Maria Rilke on the Mind and Heart of Etty Hillesum / Patrick Woodhouse -- Newly Discovered Sources of Etty Hillesum / Ria van den Brandt -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Textual References.