Description
Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the foremost Jewish savants of our time, was internationally known as scholar, author, activist, and theologian. This first collection of his essays--compiled, edited, and with an introduction by his daughter, Susannah Heschel, Abba Hillel Silver Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland--is arranged in five groups ("Existence and Celebration," "No Time for Neutrality," "Toward a Just Society," "No Religion Is an Island," and "The Holy Dimension"). They include a tribute to Reinhold Niebuhr and a discussion of moral theologian Bernard Häring. An appendix contains a transcript of Carl Stern's famous television interview with Heschel, recorded shortly before his death. --
