Ph. D. Polish

Talking about God (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring the Meaning of Religious Life with Kierkegaard, Buber, Tillich and Heschel

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594734069
• Artikelnr.: 50003063

Autorenporträt

Daniel F. Polish, frequently teaches interfaith audiences at the Center for Religious Inquiry at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City. He is author of Talking about God: Exploring the Meaning of Religious Life with Kierkegaard, Buber, Tillich and Heschel (SkyLight Paths), Bringing the Psalms to Life: How to Understand and Use the Book of Psalms and Keeping Faith with the Psalms: Deepen Your Relationship with God Using the Book of Psalms (both Jewish Lights), and has been a congregational rabbi for over thirty years.

Daniel F. Polish is available to speak on the following topics:

• Jewish-Christian Relations: Accomplishments and Challenge
• How to Make the Psalms Work for You
• What Can Four Great Modern Theologians Tell Us about Our Religious Lives?
• Jewish Religion and the Traditions of the East
• Abraham, the Father of Three Faiths

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Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Living in an Age of Dialogue ix
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: Thinking Religiously 1
1 Søren Kierkegaard
The Knight of Faith 21
2 Martin Buber
The Human-Divine Conversation: Religion as Relationship 49
3 Paul Tillich
The Quest for "The God Above God" 77
4 Abraham Joshua Heschel
God's Need for Man: Faith as a Call to Action 97
Conclusion: Naming the Unnameable:
Four Paths to Religious Understanding 125
Suggestions for Further Reading 129
Credits 133