Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence - Softcover

Held, Shai

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9780253017147: Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence
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ISBN 10: 0253017149 ISBN 13: 9780253017147
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2015

Synopsis

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 thinkers, Christian theologians, devotional writers, and philosophers of religion.

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About the Author

Shai Held is Dean and Chair of Jewish Thought at Mechon Hadar, an institute for Jewish prayer, personal growth, and Jewish study which he co-founded. He is winner of a 2011 Covenant Award for excellence in Jewish education, and Newsweek has twice named him one of America's most influential rabbis.

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0253017149
ISBN 13 
9780253017147
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
352
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