Prayer After the Death of God: A Phenomenological Study of Hebrew Literature
written by Avi Sagi, fl. 1999, in Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah (Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2016), 210 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- 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.
- Field of Interest
- Religion & Thought
- Author
- Avi Sagi, fl. 1999
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2016 Academic Studies Press
- Content Type
- General reference book
- Duration
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- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 210
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Place Published / Released
- Brighton, MA
- Subject
- Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Belief Systems, Systèmes de croyances, النظم العقائدية, Glaubenssysteme, מערכות אמונה, Sistema de Creencias, Sistema de Crenças, Jewish, Ancient Thought & Culture, Attitudes toward, Prayer & Meditation, Jews
- Translator
- Batya Stein, fl. 2016
- Series / Program
- Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Systèmes de croyances, النظم العقائدية, Glaubenssysteme, מערכות אמונה, Sistema de Creencias, Sistema de Crenças