Abraham Joshua Heschel

<p>Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was a prolific scholar impassioned theologian and prominent activist who participated in the black civil rights movement and the campaign against the Vietnam War. He has been hailed as a hero honored as a visionary and endlessly quoted as a devotional writer. In this sympathetic yet critical examination Shai Held elicits the overarching themes and unity of Heschel's incisive and insightful thought. Focusing on the idea of transcendence--or the movement from self-centeredness to God-centeredness--Held puts Heschel into dialogue with contemporary Jewish thinkers Christian theologians devotional writers and philosophers of religion.</p>