Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation between Religion and Philosophy He elucidates the religious implications of the I-Thou, .G.Biblical in origin, the expression "eclipse of God" refers to the Jewish concept of hester panim, the act of God concealing his face as a way of punishing his disobedient su
| TITLE | : | Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation between Religion and Philosophy |
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| RATING | : | 4.66 (424 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0691165300 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 224 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2015-10-27 |
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Biblical in origin, the expression "eclipse of God" refers to the Jewish concept of hester panim, the act of God concealing his face as a way of punishing his disobedient subjects. Though this idea is deeply troubling for many people, in this book Martin Buber uses the expression hopefully--for a hiding God is also a God who can be found. First published in 1952, Eclipse of God is a collection of nine essays concerning the relationship between religion and philosophy. The book features Buber's critique of the thematically interconnected--yet diverse--perspectives of Soren Kierkegaard, Hermann Cohen, C.G. Jung, Martin Heidegger, and other prominent modern thinkers. Buber deconstructs their philosophical conceptions of God and explains why religion needs philosophy to interpret what is authentic in spiritual encounters. He elucidates the religious implications of the I-Thou,
EDITORIAL :
From the Back Cover"Buber remains a philosopher for our times. As he writes in the prelude to this volume, 'Real listening has become rare.' In an age in which technology and the vitriol of partisan politics dominate in the United States and the world at large, Buber's words could not be more prophetic."--Leora Batnitzky, Princeton University
REVIEW :
The syntax and style are more in line with VB than with C#. His voice isn't potent and powerful, as it was in "Carnival", but instead takes on a lighter tone perfect for the fresher style of music in "Promises, Promises". his story had so many feels in it that it was an emotional roller coaster! I laughedI cried.it just completely ran the gambit of it all. The plentiful photos (seems like hundreds) are sharp and really tell stories of times and places. At best, this book's origin story about "flourishing" is symptomatic of the way it overemphasizes the uniqueness of JE's thought, without seeming fully aware of just how much work has been done by others along the same lines (namely, lots more than is suggested by JE's passing references to Herman Daly, Tim Jackson, Juliet Schor and Richard Heinberg).
Some of this lack of historical perspective might be related to the book's bei
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