Prayer After the Death of God : : A Phenomenological Study of Hebrew Literature / / Avi Sagi.
The widespread view is that prayer is the center of religious existence and that understanding the meaning of prayer requires that we assume God is its sole destination. This book challenges this assumption and, through a phenomenological analysis of the meaning of prayer in modern Hebrew literature...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Prayer and Hebrew Literature
- Chapter 2: "The Death of God" and the Possibility of Prayer
- Chapter 3: Prayer as a Primary Datum
- Chapter 4: Between Self-Reflection and Ontological Event
- Chapter 5: Grappling with the Addressee Problem
- Chapter 6: Reconstructing the "Death of God" Moment
- Chapter 7: Humans as Praying Beings: A Phenomenological Profile
- Bibliography
- Index