Prayer After the Death of God: A Phenomenological Study of Hebrew Literature

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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Beteilige Person: Sagi, Avi (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Boston, MA Academic Studies Press [2016]
Schriftenreihe:Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618115041
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618115041
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618115041
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618115041
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618115041
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618115041
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618115041
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618115041
Zusammenfassung: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, shows that prayer does not depend at all on the addressee—humans are praying beings. Prayer is, above all, the recognition that we are free to transcend the facts of our life and an expression of the hope that we can override the weight of our past and present circumstances
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
Umfang:1 online resource (300 pages)
ISBN:9781618115041
DOI:10.1515/9781618115041