Prayer After the Death of God

A Phenomenological Study of Hebrew Literature

By:

Avi Sagi

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Hardback

Series:

Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

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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.

Author Biography:

Avi Sagi is Professor of Philosophy and founder of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies at Bar-Ilan University as well as a faculty member at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He has written and edited many books and articles in philosophy and Jewish thought, among them Albert Camus and the Philosophy of the Absurd, Jewish Religion after Theology, and Tradition vs. Traditionalism.

Release date Australia

July 14th, 2016

Author

Avi Sagi

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributor

Translated by Batya Stein

Pages

300

Series

Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

Dimensions

156x234x13

ISBN-13

9781618115034

Product ID

24696952

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