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Man Is Not Alone : A Philosophy of Religion

Man Is Not Alone : A Philosophy of Religion
By Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Man Is Not Alone is a profound, beautifully written examination of the ingredients of piety: how man senses God's presence, explores it, accepts it, and builds life upon it. Abraham Joshua Heschel's philosophy of religion is not a philosophy of doctrine or the interpretation of a dogma. He erects his carefully built structure of thought upon foundations which are universally valid but almost generally ignored. It was Man Is Not Alone which led Reinhold Niebuhr accurately to predict that Heschel would "become a commanding and authoritative voice not only in the Jewish community but in the religious life of America." With its companion volume, God in Search of Man, it is revered as a classic of modern theology.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #48339 in Books
  • Published on: 1976-06-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 320 pages

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"For Jews and Christians beyond the numbering, Abraham Joshua Heschel was a spiritual mentor who changed our lives in ways that we are still trying to understand."--The Reverend Richard John Neuhaus, editor in chief of First Things
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"For Jews and Christians beyond the numbering, Abraham Joshua Heschel was a spiritual mentor who changed our lives in ways that we are still trying to understand."--The Reverend Richard John Neuhaus, editor in chief of First Things

About the Author
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-72) was internationally known as a scholar, author, activist, and theologian. He was Professor of Ethics and Mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

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A major influence on my life and beliefs5
I am writing this review forty years after I read the book. A short portion of the book has stayed in my mind so forcefully that it directs what religious faith I have. I am a Protestant Christian Episcopalian but this book steers me. I have thought that a true God would not have required his subjects to read man-written tomes such as the Bible or Koran to guide his faith but the God would communicate directly with the subject. This book makes that point so well that it has stayed with me ever since I read it. When I read the book there was a considerable portion that did not interest me and still does not, but Heschel's points that Man has a sense of "the ineffable" and that in the sentence structure equivalent of Man and God, God can be the only subject of the sentence while man can only be the object. Read the book to have this explained -- and the explanation is brief. This book has influenced my thinking for my entire life (of 74 years so far.)

Catching Up With a Spiritual Classic5
I first read bits of Man Is Not Alone in the 70s, but only today read through a just purchased copy of this lyrical reflection on religion and doubt, belief and faith, man and God, the Ineffable and Jewish tradition. Why I didn't take in more of Heschel's obvious wisdom on my first encounter with him long ago is unclear, but its clear to me now that this book, written in 1951, will continue to be appreciated as a spiritual classic for generations to come.

wonder5
If you want to be infused with wonder for the God of the Universe, this book is filled with great aspects and ideas. Heschel is a man so sensitive to the changes of his time, that his writing is as fresh today as it was 50 years ago.