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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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T & T Clark theology
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T & T Clark theology.
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Part 1. The nature of piety. -- Introduction: Beginning with piety -- Idea of piety -- Part 2. Heschel's intellectual foundations. -- The range of Heschel's theology -- Beyond rationalism to understanding -- Polarity and piety -- Part 3. Heschel's studies of piety. -- A phenomenology of piety -- Piety as understanding -- Piety as virtue -- Part 4. The pertinence of piety. -- Responding to the "other" -- Engaging theology -- Conclusion: Indications of piety for a relational theology. |
| Summary |
"Piety is often regarded with a pejorative bias: a 'pious' person is thought to be overly religious. 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, Britton explores his phenomenological method of 'penetrating the consciousness of the pious person in order to perceive the divine reality behind it.' He 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."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.
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Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972. |
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Jewish philosophy -- 20th century.
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Jewish philosophy. |
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20th century |
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Piety.
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Christian theology. |
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Piety. |
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Britton, Joseph Harp. Abraham Heschel and the Phenomenon of Piety. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2013 9780567651068 |
| ISBN |
9781472551085 (online) |
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1472551087 (online) |
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9780567311962 (electronic book) |
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0567311961 (electronic book) |
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9780567651068 (hardback) |
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0567651061 (hardback) |
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9780567218483 (ePDF) |
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