| Eliezer Schweid: The Responsibility of Jewish Philosophy Contributor(s): Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava (Editor), Hughes, Aaron W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004234845 ISBN-13: 9789004234840 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $155.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Theology - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 181.06 |
| Series: Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (1.25 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume features Eliezer Schweid's philosophy of Judaism for a secular age. The volume brings together four of Schweid's most original and influential philosophical essays and an interview with him that together express his fundamental outlook: the faith of a secular Jew, freely choosing loyalty to his or her national culture and drawing on Jewish heritage to inform how to act responsibly toward one's neighbor, one's people, the world, and God. The themes span the gamut of Schweid's life work: the existential loneliness of the modern Jew; Judaism as a culture; faith in light of the Holocaust; and appreciation for secular humanism with awareness of its shortcomings, given the enduring legacy of the Jewish biblical heritage. |