The philosophy of Emil Fackenheim: from revelation to the Holocaust

"Fackenheim launched his career as a theologian by confronting the modern crisis of faith, which he regarded as the most urgent matter both for philosophy attuned to religion, and for committed religious thought. He believed that this is a crisis not only for Judaism, but for all modern religio...

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Main Author: Green, Kenneth Hart 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, United kingdom New York, NY, USA Port Melbourne, Australia New Delhi, India Singapore Cambridge University Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Green, Kenneth Hart, 1953-, The philosophy of Emil Fackenheim] (2022) (Portnoff, Sharon)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Fackenheim, Emil L. 1916-2003
Further subjects:B Fackenheim, Emil L
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:"Fackenheim launched his career as a theologian by confronting the modern crisis of faith, which he regarded as the most urgent matter both for philosophy attuned to religion, and for committed religious thought. He believed that this is a crisis not only for Judaism, but for all modern religious thought, because modern philosophy has done as much as possible to make even the most basic religious faith questionable, if not untenable, to modern man, for it assaults the basic belief that God makes himself manifest through "personal" converse with human beings"
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 377-391
ISBN:1107187389
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781316941270