Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence

By Shai Held

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253011264
• ISBN13: 9780253011268
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher