Prayer After the Death of God : : A Phenomenological Study of Hebrew Literature / / Avi Sagi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ASP eBook Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Sagi, Avi,
• Author: Sagi, Avi,
• TeilnehmendeR: Stein, Batya.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2016
• שפה: English
• סדרה: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (300 p.)

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...

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