Abraham Joshua Heschel Abraham Joshua Heschel - The Call of Transcendence the Call of Transcendence (Electronic book text)


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 HeschelOCOs incisive and insightful thought. Focusing on the idea of transcendenceOCoor the movement from self-centeredness to God-centerednessOCoHeld puts Heschel into dialogue with contemporary Jewish thinkers, Christian theologians, devotional writers, and philosophers of religion."


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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 HeschelOCOs incisive and insightful thought. Focusing on the idea of transcendenceOCoor the movement from self-centeredness to God-centerednessOCoHeld puts Heschel into dialogue with contemporary Jewish thinkers, Christian theologians, devotional writers, and philosophers of religion."

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Indiana University Press

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United States

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November 2013

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Electronic book text - Windows

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352

ISBN-13

978-0-253-01130-5

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9780253011305

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0-253-01130-2



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