Jewish Religion After Theology / Avi Sagi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sagi, Abraham, Author.

Contributor:

Stein, Batya.

Series:

Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leibowitz, Yeshayahu, 1903-1994--Teachings.

Leibowitz, Yeshayahu.

Judaism--Doctrines.

Judaism.

Jewish philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jewish Religion after Theology ponders one of the most intriguing shifts in modern Jewish thought: from a metaphysical and theological standpoint toward a new manner of philosophizing based primarily on practice. Different chapters study this great shift and its various manifestations. The central figure of this new examination is Isaiah Leibowitz, whose thoughts encapsulate more than any other Jewish thinker this stance of religion without metaphysics. Sagi explores corresponding issues such as observance, the possibility of pluralism, the meaning of penance without messianic suppositions, and pragmatic coping with theodicy after the Holocaust, presenting the different possibilities within this great alteration in Jewish thought.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter One. Are Toleration and Pluralism Possible in Jewish Religion?

Chapter Two. Yeshayahu Leibovitz: The Man against his Thought

Chapter Three. Leibowitz and Camus: Between Faith and the Absurd

Chapter Four. Jewish Religion without Theology

Chapter Five. The Critique of Theodicy: From Metaphysics to Praxis

Chapter Six. The Holocaust: A Theological or a Religious-Existentialist Problem?

Chapter Seven. Tikkun Olam: Between Utopian Idea and Socio-Historical Process

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9781618110954

1618110950

OCLC:

649843374