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American Experience, Billy Graham
directed by Sarah Colt, fl. 2000; produced by Helen Ryan Dobrowski, fl. 1997, Sarah Colt Productions, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2021), 1 hour 52 mins
Explore the life and career of one of the best-known and most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century. From humble beginnings on a North Carolina farm, Graham rose to prominence with a fiery preaching style and folksy charm. This film examines the preacher’s extraordinary influence on American politics...
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directed by Sarah Colt, fl. 2000; produced by Helen Ryan Dobrowski, fl. 1997, Sarah Colt Productions, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2021), 1 hour 52 mins
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Explore the life and career of one of the best-known and most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century. From humble beginnings on a North Carolina farm, Graham rose to prominence with a fiery preaching style and folksy charm. This film examines the preacher’s extraordinary influence on American politics and culture from 1949 to 1980, interweaving the voices of historians, scholars, witnesses, followers, friends, family, and Graham hims...
Explore the life and career of one of the best-known and most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century. From humble beginnings on a North Carolina farm, Graham rose to prominence with a fiery preaching style and folksy charm. This film examines the preacher’s extraordinary influence on American politics and culture from 1949 to 1980, interweaving the voices of historians, scholars, witnesses, followers, friends, family, and Graham himself to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of a singular figure in the American experience.
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Religion & Thought
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Documentary
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Helen Ryan Dobrowski, fl. 1997, Sarah Colt Productions
Author / Creator
Sarah Colt, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Person Discussed
Billy Graham, 1918-2018
Topic / Theme
Politics, Ambition, Humility, Ministers, Preaching, Protestant, Christian
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Between Religion and Reason (Part II): The Position against Contradiction between Reason and Revelation in Contemporary Jewish Thought from...
written by Ephraim Chamiel, in Studies in Orthodox Judaism, Part II (Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2021), 246 page(s)
This book is dedicated to an analysis of the writings of modern religious Jewish thinkers who adopted a neo-fundamentalist, illusionary, apologetic approach, opposing the notion that there may sometimes be a contradiction between reason and revelation. The book deals with the thought of Eliezer Goldman, Norman Lam...
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written by Ephraim Chamiel, in Studies in Orthodox Judaism, Part II (Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2021), 246 page(s)
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This book is dedicated to an analysis of the writings of modern religious Jewish thinkers who adopted a neo-fundamentalist, illusionary, apologetic approach, opposing the notion that there may sometimes be a contradiction between reason and revelation. The book deals with the thought of Eliezer Goldman, Norman Lamm, David Hartman, Aharon Lichtenstein, Jonathan Sacks, and Michael Abraham. According to these thinkers, it is possible to resolve all...
This book is dedicated to an analysis of the writings of modern religious Jewish thinkers who adopted a neo-fundamentalist, illusionary, apologetic approach, opposing the notion that there may sometimes be a contradiction between reason and revelation. The book deals with the thought of Eliezer Goldman, Norman Lamm, David Hartman, Aharon Lichtenstein, Jonathan Sacks, and Michael Abraham. According to these thinkers, it is possible to resolve all of the difficulties that arise from the encounter between religion and science, between reason and revelation, between the morality of halakhah and Western morality, between academic scholarship and tradition, and between scientific discoveries and statements found in the Torah. This position runs counter to the stance of other Jewish thinkers who espouse a different, more daring approach. According to the latter view, irresolvable contradictions between reason and faith sometimes face the modern Jewish believer, who must reconcile himself to these two conflicting truths and learn to live with them. This dialectic position was discussed in Between Religion and Reason, Part I (Academic Studies Press, 2020). The present volume, Part II, completes the discussion of this topic. This book concludes a trilogy of works by the author dealing with modern Jewish thought that attempts to integrate tradition and modernity. The first in the series was The Middle Way (Academic Studies Press, 2014), followed by The Dual Truth (Academic Studies Press, 2018).
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Michael Carasik, fl. 2021
Author / Creator
Ephraim Chamiel
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Series
Studies in Orthodox Judaism
Person Discussed
Michael Abraham, 1960-, Jonathan Henry Sacks, 1948-2020, Aharon Lichtenstein, 1993-2015, David Hartman, 1931-2013, Norman Lamm, 1927-2020, Eliezer Goldman, 1918-2002
Topic / Theme
Jewish Orthodox, Progressivism, Ancient Thought & Culture, Attitudes toward, Orthodox Judaism, Jews
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Earth's Sacred Wonders, 1, House of the Divine
directed by Matt Barrett, fl. 2008; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Earth's Sacred Wonders, 1 (Arlington Heights, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 55 mins
At Angkor Wat in Cambodia, a man who believes the temples are home to his ancestral spirits, risks his life to save them from the jungle. At Al Aqsa in Jerusalem, a young Muslim paramedic battles his own hunger and exhaustion to help other fasting worshippers during Ramadan. And at the Shaolin Temple in China, a B...
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directed by Matt Barrett, fl. 2008; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Earth's Sacred Wonders, 1 (Arlington Heights, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 55 mins
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At Angkor Wat in Cambodia, a man who believes the temples are home to his ancestral spirits, risks his life to save them from the jungle. At Al Aqsa in Jerusalem, a young Muslim paramedic battles his own hunger and exhaustion to help other fasting worshippers during Ramadan. And at the Shaolin Temple in China, a Buddhist warrior monk faces a test that will change the course of his life forever.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
British Broadcasting Corporation, Elena Saurel, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Matt Barrett, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Earth's Sacred Wonders
Speaker / Narrator
Elena Saurel, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Property maintenance, Land conservation, Nation of Islam, Buddhist, Hindu
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Earth's Sacred Wonders, 2, Closer to the Divine
directed by George Pagliero, fl. 1998 and Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Earth's Sacred Wonders, 2 (Arlington Heights, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 55 mins
In Mali, a young Muslim helps to re-plaster the Great Mosque of Djenné, in the hope of a place in paradise. At Japan’s Nachi waterfall, a Shinto devotee undertakes a gruelling challenge to ensure the wellbeing of Japan for another year. And at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York, an Episcopal priest...
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directed by George Pagliero, fl. 1998 and Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Earth's Sacred Wonders, 2 (Arlington Heights, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 55 mins
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In Mali, a young Muslim helps to re-plaster the Great Mosque of Djenné, in the hope of a place in paradise. At Japan’s Nachi waterfall, a Shinto devotee undertakes a gruelling challenge to ensure the wellbeing of Japan for another year. And at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York, an Episcopal priest performs an astonishing ceremony to bring people, and their animals, closer to God.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
British Broadcasting Corporation, Elena Saurel, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
George Pagliero, fl. 1998, Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Earth's Sacred Wonders
Speaker / Narrator
Elena Saurel, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Worship, Property maintenance, Jewish, Episcopalian, Shinto, Nation of Islam
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Earth's Sacred Wonders, 3, Visions of the Divine
directed by Ben Crichton, fl. 2004-2016, George Pagliero, fl. 1998 and Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Earth's Sacred Wonders, 3 (Arlington Heights, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 55 mins
At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, an orthodox Christian must deliver a miraculous holy flame into the hands of his bishop. At Boudhanath stupa in Nepal, a Buddhist painter battles the elements in honour of Buddha’s birthday. And at Lalish in Iraq, a young Yazidi woman goes in search of salvation,...
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directed by Ben Crichton, fl. 2004-2016, George Pagliero, fl. 1998 and Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Earth's Sacred Wonders, 3 (Arlington Heights, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 55 mins
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At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, an orthodox Christian must deliver a miraculous holy flame into the hands of his bishop. At Boudhanath stupa in Nepal, a Buddhist painter battles the elements in honour of Buddha’s birthday. And at Lalish in Iraq, a young Yazidi woman goes in search of salvation, after being traumatized by recent conflict.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
British Broadcasting Corporation, Elena Saurel, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Ben Crichton, fl. 2004-2016, George Pagliero, fl. 1998, Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Earth's Sacred Wonders
Speaker / Narrator
Elena Saurel, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Property maintenance, Worship, Hindu, Yazidism, Eastern Orthodox, Buddhist, Apaches
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Between Religion and Reason (Part I): The Dialectical Position in Contemporary Jewish Thought from Rav Kook to Rav Shagar
written by Ephraim Chamiel, in Studies in Orthodox Judaism, Part I (Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2020), 232 page(s)
The present book is a sequel to Ephraim Chamiel’s two previous works The Middle Way and The Dual Truth—studies dedicated to the “middle” trend in modern Jewish thought, that is, those positions that sought to combine tradition and modernity, and offered a variety of approaches for contending with the tensi...
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written by Ephraim Chamiel, in Studies in Orthodox Judaism, Part I (Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2020), 232 page(s)
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The present book is a sequel to Ephraim Chamiel’s two previous works The Middle Way and The Dual Truth—studies dedicated to the “middle” trend in modern Jewish thought, that is, those positions that sought to combine tradition and modernity, and offered a variety of approaches for contending with the tension between science and revelation and between reason and religion. The present book explores contemporary Jewish thinkers who have adop...
The present book is a sequel to Ephraim Chamiel’s two previous works The Middle Way and The Dual Truth—studies dedicated to the “middle” trend in modern Jewish thought, that is, those positions that sought to combine tradition and modernity, and offered a variety of approaches for contending with the tension between science and revelation and between reason and religion. The present book explores contemporary Jewish thinkers who have adopted one of these integrated approaches—namely the dialectical approach. Some of these thinkers maintain that the aforementioned tension—the rift within human consciousness between intellect and emotion, mind and heart—can be mended. Others, however, think that the dialectic between the two poles of this tension is inherently irresolvable, a view reminiscent of the medieval “dual truth” approach. Some thinkers are unclear on this point, and those who study them debate whether or not they successfully resolved the tension and offered a means of reconciliation. The author also offers his views on these debates.This book explores the dialectical approaches of Rav Kook, Rav Soloveitchik, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Samuel Hugo Bergman, Leo Strauss, Ernst Simon, Emil Fackenheim, Rabbi Mordechai Breuer, his uncle Isaac Breuer, Tamar Ross, Rabbi Shagar, Moshe Meir, Micah Goodman and Elchanan Shilo. It also discusses the interpretations of these thinkers offered by scholars such as Michael Rosenak, Avinoam Rosenak, Eliezer Schweid, Aviezer Ravitzky, Avi Sagi, Binyamin Ish-Shalom, Ehud Luz, Dov Schwartz, Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, Lawrence Kaplan, and Haim Rechnitzer. The author questions some of these approaches and offers ideas of his own.This study concludes that many scholars bore witness to the dialectical tension between reason and revelation; only some believed that a solution was possible. That being said, and despite the paradoxical nature of the dual truth approach (which maintains that two contradictory truths exist and we must live with both of them in this world until a utopian future or the advent of the Messiah), increasing numbers of thinkers today are accepting it. In doing so, they are eschewing delusional and apologetic views such as the identicality and compartmental approaches that maintain that tensions and contradictions are unacceptable.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Avi Kallenbach, fl. 2020
Author / Creator
Ephraim Chamiel
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Series
Studies in Orthodox Judaism
Person Discussed
Elhanan Shilo, 1972-, Micah Goodman, fl. 2020, Moshe Meir, 1961-, Shimon Gershon Rosenberg, 1949-2007, Tamar Ross, 1938-, Mordechai Breuer, 1921-2007, Emil L. Fackenheim, 1916-2003, Ernst Simon, 1899-1988, Leo Strauss, 1899-1973, Abraham Joshua Heschel, 1907-1972, Samuel Hugo Bergman, 1883-1975, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, 1903-1993, Abraham Isaac Kook, 1865-1935
Topic / Theme
Jewish Orthodox, Progressivism, Ancient Thought & Culture, Attitudes toward, Judaism, Jews
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Et moi, et moi, et moi ! - Le sujet dans le bouddhisme et la philosophie
written by Christophe Richard (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2019), 110 page(s)
Moi, je, ego, personne, individu, autant de termes par lesquels nous désignons le sujet substantiel que nous croyons être. Seulement, peut-on trouver en nous une quelconque unité singulière et constante ? Contre toute attente, certains philosophes osèrent en douter, mais c'est surtout le Bouddha qui fit peser...
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written by Christophe Richard (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2019), 110 page(s)
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Moi, je, ego, personne, individu, autant de termes par lesquels nous désignons le sujet substantiel que nous croyons être. Seulement, peut-on trouver en nous une quelconque unité singulière et constante ? Contre toute attente, certains philosophes osèrent en douter, mais c'est surtout le Bouddha qui fit peser les plus graves soupçons sur notre prétendue subjectivité. Si le sage indien ne nia pas l'existence de notre moi empirique, il remi...
Moi, je, ego, personne, individu, autant de termes par lesquels nous désignons le sujet substantiel que nous croyons être. Seulement, peut-on trouver en nous une quelconque unité singulière et constante ? Contre toute attente, certains philosophes osèrent en douter, mais c'est surtout le Bouddha qui fit peser les plus graves soupçons sur notre prétendue subjectivité. Si le sage indien ne nia pas l'existence de notre moi empirique, il remit en cause l'idée qu'il s'agissait d'une substance. Le moi existerait donc sans pour autant être réel. Comprendre la nature de cet ego permettrait de se libérer des souffrances qu'il engendre. Il en va ainsi de notre bonheur.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Christophe Richard
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
L'Harmattan
Topic / Theme
Buddhist, Education & Learning, Buddhism, Philosophy
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Essai sur l'Islam : entre valeurs religieuses, laïcité et démocratie
written by Bandiougou Gakou, fl. 2019 (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2019), 256 page(s)
Le Prophète de l'Islam eut le privilège de créer un Etat et de le gérer pendant une décennie, tout en continuant d'avoir le bénéfice de la Révélation. De l'Etat ainsi germé, émergeront des valeurs qui n'appartiendront pas seulement au moyen-âge, mais constitueront aujourd'hui encore des référents inc...
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written by Bandiougou Gakou, fl. 2019 (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2019), 256 page(s)
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Le Prophète de l'Islam eut le privilège de créer un Etat et de le gérer pendant une décennie, tout en continuant d'avoir le bénéfice de la Révélation. De l'Etat ainsi germé, émergeront des valeurs qui n'appartiendront pas seulement au moyen-âge, mais constitueront aujourd'hui encore des référents incontournables pour une saine gestion des Etats. L'histoire ne devra jamais oublier que les premières règles du Droit International Hum...
Le Prophète de l'Islam eut le privilège de créer un Etat et de le gérer pendant une décennie, tout en continuant d'avoir le bénéfice de la Révélation. De l'Etat ainsi germé, émergeront des valeurs qui n'appartiendront pas seulement au moyen-âge, mais constitueront aujourd'hui encore des référents incontournables pour une saine gestion des Etats. L'histoire ne devra jamais oublier que les premières règles du Droit International Humanitaire firent leur apparition à l'occasion des premiers conflits armés de la nouvelle religion, gérés par le Saint Prophète.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Bandiougou Gakou, fl. 2019
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
L'Harmattan
Topic / Theme
Muslim, Church & State, Political Views, Islam
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Bhakti and Power: Debating India's Religion of the Heart
written by Richard H. Davis, 1951-, William R. Pinch, fl. 2019, Aditi Natasha Kini, fl. 2019, Tyler Williams, fl. 2019, Divya Cherian, fl. 2019, Shrivatsa Goswami, 1950-, Okita Kiyokazu, fl. 2019, David L. Haberman, 1952-, Phyllis Granoff, 1947-, Manpreet Kaur, fl. 2019, John E. Cort, 1953-, Joel Lee, fl. 2019, Eben Graves, fl. 2019, Heidi R. M. Pauwels, fl. 2019, Gil Ben-Herut, fl. 2019, Karen Pechilis, fl. 2019, Christian Lee Novetzke, fl. 2019 and Jack Hawley, fl. 2006; edited by Jack Hawley, fl. 2006, Christian Lee Novetzke, fl. 2019 and Swapna Sharma, fl. 2019 (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2019), 272 page(s)
Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatically according to context and sentiment. Sometimes translated as “personal devotion,” bhakti nonetheless implies and fosters public interaction. It is often associated with the marginalized voices of women and lower...
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written by Richard H. Davis, 1951-, William R. Pinch, fl. 2019, Aditi Natasha Kini, fl. 2019, Tyler Williams, fl. 2019, Divya Cherian, fl. 2019, Shrivatsa Goswami, 1950-, Okita Kiyokazu, fl. 2019, David L. Haberman, 1952-, Phyllis Granoff, 1947-, Manpreet Kaur, fl. 2019, John E. Cort, 1953-, Joel Lee, fl. 2019, Eben Graves, fl. 2019, Heidi R. M. Pauwels, fl. 2019, Gil Ben-Herut, fl. 2019, Karen Pechilis, fl. 2019, Christian Lee Novetzke, fl. 2019 and Jack Hawley, fl. 2006; edited by Jack Hawley, fl. 2006, Christian Lee Novetzke, fl. 2019 and Swapna Sharma, fl. 2019 (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2019), 272 page(s)
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Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatically according to context and sentiment. Sometimes translated as “personal devotion,” bhakti nonetheless implies and fosters public interaction. It is often associated with the marginalized voices of women and lower castes, yet it has also played a role in perpetuating injustice. Barriers have been torn down in the name of bhakti, while others have...
Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatically according to context and sentiment. Sometimes translated as “personal devotion,” bhakti nonetheless implies and fosters public interaction. It is often associated with the marginalized voices of women and lower castes, yet it has also played a role in perpetuating injustice. Barriers have been torn down in the name of bhakti, while others have been built simultaneously. Bhakti and Power provides an accessible entry into key debates around issues such as these, presenting voices and vignettes from the sixth century to the present and from many parts of India’s cultural landscape. Written by a wide range of engaged scholars, this volume showcases one of the most influential concepts in Indian history—still a major force in the present day.
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Religion & Thought
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General reference book
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Jack Hawley, fl. 2006, Christian Lee Novetzke, fl. 2019, Swapna Sharma, fl. 2019
Author / Creator
Richard H. Davis, 1951-, William R. Pinch, fl. 2019, Aditi Natasha Kini, fl. 2019, Tyler Williams, fl. 2019, Divya Cherian, fl. 2019, Shrivatsa Goswami, 1950-, Okita Kiyokazu, fl. 2019, David L. Haberman, 1952-, Phyllis Granoff, 1947-, Manpreet Kaur, fl. 2019, John E. Cort, 1953-, Joel Lee, fl. 2019, Eben Graves, fl. 2019, Heidi R. M. Pauwels, fl. 2019, Gil Ben-Herut, fl. 2019, Karen Pechilis, fl....
Richard H. Davis, 1951-, William R. Pinch, fl. 2019, Aditi Natasha Kini, fl. 2019, Tyler Williams, fl. 2019, Divya Cherian, fl. 2019, Shrivatsa Goswami, 1950-, Okita Kiyokazu, fl. 2019, David L. Haberman, 1952-, Phyllis Granoff, 1947-, Manpreet Kaur, fl. 2019, John E. Cort, 1953-, Joel Lee, fl. 2019, Eben Graves, fl. 2019, Heidi R. M. Pauwels, fl. 2019, Gil Ben-Herut, fl. 2019, Karen Pechilis, fl. 2019, Christian Lee Novetzke, fl. 2019, Jack Hawley, fl. 2006
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Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Topic / Theme
Sufi, Hindu, Political Views, Social Ethics, Bhakti
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Majesty and Humility - The Life, Legacy and Thought of Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Episode 4, Relating to God: Prayer and Repentance
presented by Jonathan Silver; produced by The Tikvah Fund, in Majesty and Humility - The Life, Legacy and Thought of Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Episode 4 (Lynbrook, NY: TeleTime Video, 2019), 1 hour 15 mins
INTRODUCTION More than any other leading figure in American Orthodoxy, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik—known reverently by his followers as “The Rav”—straddled different worlds. Born into a dynasty of great Lithuanian Torah scholars, Rabbi Soloveitchik spent his youth immersed in the aristocracy of Talmudic l...
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presented by Jonathan Silver; produced by The Tikvah Fund, in Majesty and Humility - The Life, Legacy and Thought of Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Episode 4 (Lynbrook, NY: TeleTime Video, 2019), 1 hour 15 mins
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INTRODUCTION More than any other leading figure in American Orthodoxy, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik—known reverently by his followers as “The Rav”—straddled different worlds. Born into a dynasty of great Lithuanian Torah scholars, Rabbi Soloveitchik spent his youth immersed in the aristocracy of Talmudic learning. He was a master student and teacher of Jewish texts, and halakhah (Jewish law) stood at the center of his life and work. Yet,...
INTRODUCTION More than any other leading figure in American Orthodoxy, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik—known reverently by his followers as “The Rav”—straddled different worlds. Born into a dynasty of great Lithuanian Torah scholars, Rabbi Soloveitchik spent his youth immersed in the aristocracy of Talmudic learning. He was a master student and teacher of Jewish texts, and halakhah (Jewish law) stood at the center of his life and work. Yet, he was also at home in the world of the academy, holding a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Berlin and possessing a deep familiarity with the dominant trends of modern Western thought. It was Rabbi Soloveitchik’s apparently seamless integration of these two opposing worlds that established him as one of the most important American religious leaders and thinkers of the 20th century. From his posts at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, the Rabbinical Council of America, the Religious Zionists of America, and Boston’s Va’ad Ha’ir (Jewish City Council), Soloveitchik exercised a profound impact on what came to be known as the “Modern Orthodox” community in America. He ordained thousands of rabbis, and his nuanced and original thinking on the questions confronting modern men and women of faith continues to influence religious thought—Jewish and non-Jewish—in America and around the world. In this online course, Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter presents the life, legacy, and thought of Rabbi Soloveitchik in an accessible, compelling, and personal series of eight lectures. A lifelong student of the Rav, Rabbi Schacter weaves together a serious examination of Rabbi Soloveitchik’s writings on Torah study, Jewish law, prayer, Zionism, interfaith relations, and more with personal stories and keen insights into Soloveitchik’s complex personality and fascinating inner life. Through his work and example, Rabbi Soloveitchik set forth a model for the modern Jew who seeks a life of integrity as he navigates the tension between faithful obedience to the inherited traditions of his people and full engagement with, and contribution to, the modern world. We invite you join us in studying the philosophy, theology, and communal leadership of this unique and inspiring Jewish leader in “Majesty and Humility: The Life, Legacy, and Thought of Joseph B. Soloveitchik.” MEET JACOB J. SCHACTER THE TEACHER - Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter is University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and senior scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University. From 2000 to 2005, he served as dean of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute in Boston, and from 1981 to 2000, he served as rabbi of The Jewish Center in Manhattan, moving the congregation from 180 to more than 600 members over the course of his tenure Rabbi Schacter holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages from Harvard University and received rabbinic ordination from Mesivta Torah Vodaath. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1973. Rabbi Schacter was a teaching fellow at Harvard from 1978-1980, director of Yeshiva University’s Torah u-Madda Project from 1986-1997, and an adjunct assistant professor at the Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University from 1993-1999. In 1995, he was awarded Harvard’s prestigious Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellowship from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. LECTURE 1: 1 hour - SETTING THE STAGE: LIFE STORY In this opening lecture, Rabbi Schacter outlines the life of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, focusing on his upbringing in Pruzhana and Chaslovitz, his time spent studying philosophy in Berlin, and his rabbinic leadership in the United States. The scion of a renowned rabbinic dynasty, Soloveitchik was born in 1903 into a world immersed in Torah study. He vividly recalled the many late nights during which his father, Rabbi Moses Soloveichik, would study Maimonides with his disciples right near his young son’s bed.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
Lecture/presentation
Contributor
The Tikvah Fund
Author / Creator
Jonathan Silver
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
TeleTime Video
Series
Majesty and Humility - The Life, Legacy and Thought of Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Speaker / Narrator
Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, fl. 1950
Person Discussed
Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, fl. 1950, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, 1903-1993
Topic / Theme
Jewish Orthodox, Rabbis, God
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