Abraham Heschel and the Phenomenon of Piety Contributor(s): Britton, Joseph Harp (Author) |
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ISBN: 0567663116 ISBN-13: 9780567663115 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic - Philosophy | Eastern |
Dewey: 181.06 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 328 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: Piety is often regarded with a pejorative bias: a pious person is thought to be overly religious, supercilious even. Yet historically the concept of piety has played an important role in Christian theology and practice. For Abraham Heschel, piety describes the contours of a life compatible with God's presence. While much has been made of Heschel's concept of pathos, relatively little attention has been given to the pivotal role of piety in his thought, with the result that the larger methodological implications of his work for both Jewish and Christian theology have been overlooked. Grounding Heschel's work in Husserl, Dilthey, Schiller and Heidegger, the book explores his phenomenological method of penetrating the consciousness of the pious person in order to perceive the divine reality behind it. The book goes on to consider the significance of Heschel's methodology in view of the theocentric ethics of Gustafson and Hauerwas and the post-modern context reflected in the works of Levinas, Vattimo, Marion and the Radical Orthodoxy movement. |