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Concerned about the lack of the spiritual and ethical dimensions in
our social, economic, and political lives--what he calls' the
eclipse of God'--Martin Buber aimed to point a way by which
humanity could repair this lost spiritual dimension. His message
was this: for the Church and for all persons of genuine faith, the
world of everyday living--the 'secular'--is of central importance.
The God we worship is not simply the God of religion, but the Lord
of life, the Lord of the world
Donald Moore, in this study of Buber's life and work, presents not
a critical analysis or an historical development of Buber's
thought; rather, he focuses in on Buber's central message about
what it means to be a human being, a person of faith, a community
of faith, and about what mankind can do to overcome the eclipse of
God. Moore enters into a dialogue with Buber and explores Buber's
belief that religion and community are as essentially interrelated
as the Thou spoken to God and the Thou spoken to other human
beings. This new edition, with a foreword by Maurice Friedman,
contains a new preface by the author. The preface addresses the new
generation of readers who will be introduced to Buber. In addition,
textual changes represent an increased awareness of gender, a
recognition of important Buber scholarship since the first edition,
and a strengthening of the author's original thesis - that Buber,
the critic of religion, was, in the mold of the biblical prophets,
a man of profound religious faith.
No Jewish thinker of the middle half of this 20th century has left
such an indelible mark upon his times as has Abraham Joshua
Heschel. A distinguished professor at the Jewish Theological
Seminary in New York from 1945 until his death in 1972, Rabbi
Heschel sought in both his writing and teaching to expose the depth
and meaning of Judaism along with its relevance to our contemporary
world, and in a special way to contemporary Christianity. Rabbi
Heschel was also in the forefront of the great human concerns of
his day. He dealt with the problems of the young and of the elderly
at two White House Conferences; he marched with Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., and lead protests against American policy in Vietnam,
participating in numerous civil rights marches and peace rallies.
He worked tirelessly for the betterment of Jewish-Christian
relations and played a key role in the deliberations of Vatican II.
The Human and the Holy provides a fascinating overview of the
spirituality of Rabbi Heschel, underscoring its meaning for both
Jew and Christian. For as Heschel's spirituality makes abundantly
clear, Jews and Christians share much on a religious, personal, and
social level, while shedding greater light on the roots and
challenges of their own particular faith tradition.
This is a new release of the original 1958 edition.
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