- Description
Description
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.
Author: Shai Held
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 02/02/2015
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780253017147
ISBN10: 0253017149
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Religious
- Religion | Judaism | Theology
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.
