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Why do we watch movies? If we read in search of more life, as
Harold Bloom is fond of saying, then we watch movies, this book
proposes, in search of wonder. We watch movies in search of
awe-inspiring visions, transformative experiences, and moments of
emotional transcendence and spiritual sublimity. We watch movies
for many of the same reasons that we engage in religion: to fill
our ordinary evenings and weekends with something of the
extraordinary; to connect our isolated, individual selves to
something that is greater than ourselves; and because we yearn for
something that is ineffable but absolutely indispensable. This
book, through an exploration of some of the most intriguing films
of the past two decades, illustrates how movies are partners with
religion in inspiring, conveying, and helping us experience what
Abraham Joshua Heschel refers to as "radical amazement": the sense
that our material universe and our ordinary lives are filled with
more wonders than we can ever imagine, and that it takes
spiritually-as well as cinematically-trained eyes to uncover these
ever-present ocular gems. In addition to illustrating how films
utilize religious themes and theological motifs to convey a sense
of wonder, this book offers new interpretations of key films from
canonical American directors such as Martin Scorsese, Terrence
Malick, Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, and the Coen brothers.
Orthodox Judaism is one of the fastest-growing religious
communities in contemporary American life. Anyone who wishes to
understand more about Judaism in America will need to consider the
tenets and practices of Orthodox Judaism: who its adherents are,
what they believe in, what motivates them, and to whom they turn
for moral, intellectual, and spiritual guidance.Among those
spiritual leaders none looms larger than Rabbi Joseph B.
Soloveitchik, heir to the legendary Talmudic dynasty of Brisk and a
teacher and ordainer of thousands of rabbis during his time as a
Talmud teacher at Yeshiva University from the Second World War
until the 1980s. Soloveitchik was not only a Talmudic authority but
a scholar of Western philosophy. While many books and articles have
been written about Soloveitchik’s legacy and his influence on
American Orthodoxy, few have looked carefully at his disciples in
Torah and Talmud study, and even fewer at his disciples in Jewish
thought and philosophy. Soloveitchik’s Children: Irving
Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish
Theology in America is the first book to study closely three of
Soloveitchik’s major disciples in Jewish thought and philosophy:
Rabbis Irving (“Yitz”) Greenberg, David Hartman, and Jonathan
Sacks. Daniel Ross Goodman narrates how each of these three major
modern Jewish thinkers learned from and adapted Soloveitchik’s
teachings in their own ways, even while advancing his philosophical
and theological legacy. The story of religious life and Judaism in
contemporary America is incomplete without an understanding of how
three of the most consequential Jewish thinkers of this generation
adapted the teachings of one of the most consequential Jewish
thinkers of the previous generation. Soloveitchik’s Children
tells this gripping intellectual and religious story in a learned
and engaging manner, shining a light on where Jewish religious
thought in the United States currently stands—and where it may be
heading in future generations.
Orthodox Judaism is one of the fastest-growing religious
communities in contemporary American life. Anyone who wishes to
understand more about Judaism in America will need to consider the
tenets and practices of Orthodox Judaism: who its adherents are,
what they believe in, what motivates them, and to whom they turn
for moral, intellectual, and spiritual guidance.Among those
spiritual leaders none looms larger than Rabbi Joseph B.
Soloveitchik, heir to the legendary Talmudic dynasty of Brisk and a
teacher and ordainer of thousands of rabbis during his time as a
Talmud teacher at Yeshiva University from the Second World War
until the 1980s. Soloveitchik was not only a Talmudic authority but
a scholar of Western philosophy. While many books and articles have
been written about Soloveitchik’s legacy and his influence on
American Orthodoxy, few have looked carefully at his disciples in
Torah and Talmud study, and even fewer at his disciples in Jewish
thought and philosophy. Soloveitchik’s Children: Irving
Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish
Theology in America is the first book to study closely three of
Soloveitchik’s major disciples in Jewish thought and philosophy:
Rabbis Irving (“Yitz”) Greenberg, David Hartman, and Jonathan
Sacks. Daniel Ross Goodman narrates how each of these three major
modern Jewish thinkers learned from and adapted Soloveitchik’s
teachings in their own ways, even while advancing his philosophical
and theological legacy. The story of religious life and Judaism in
contemporary America is incomplete without an understanding of how
three of the most consequential Jewish thinkers of this generation
adapted the teachings of one of the most consequential Jewish
thinkers of the previous generation. Soloveitchik’s Children
tells this gripping intellectual and religious story in a learned
and engaging manner, shining a light on where Jewish religious
thought in the United States currently stands—and where it may be
heading in future generations.
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