A heart of wisdom :
Friedman, Maurice S.
A heart of wisdom : religion and human wholeness / Maurice Friedman. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, �1992. - 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) - SUNY series in religious studies . - SUNY series in religious studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index.
Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- Content -- PART ONE: A Way That One Walks -- Religion and the Religions -- PART TWO: Religions With Which I Have Been In Dialogue -- My Dialogue with the Religions -- The Biblical Covenant: Exile, Contending, and Trust -- Jesus: Image of the Human or Image of God? -- Hasidism -- PART THREE: Religious Communication -- The Meeting of Religion and Human Experience -- The Via Humana -- Religious Symbolism and ""Universal"" Religion -- Legend, Myth, and Tale. Religion and Literature -- Solitude and Community -- PART FOUR: The Tension Between Past and Present -- Peter Pan's Shadow: Tradition and Modernity -- The Dialectic Between Spirit and Form -- The Paradox of Religious Leadership -- PART FIVE: Religion and Human Wholeness -- Spontaneity, Decision, and Personal Wholeness -- Religion and Ethics: ""The Way to Do Is to Be"" -- World View and Existential Trust -- Is Religion the Enemy of Humankind? -- Back Matter -- Notes -- INDEX -- Back Cover.
Annotation Describes religion not as an external creed and form, or as a subjective inspiration, but as a conscious and immediate meeting with ultimate reality. Religion, then, becomes involved with the wholeness of human life; truth appears in the particular and unique as well as in the universal; and duality promotes a separation between spirit and life that neither can survive. Oriented towards Judaism and Christianity. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
English.
0585075832 9780585075839 9780791412152 0791412156 9780791412169 0791412164 1438403364 9781438403366
Religion.
Religions.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Reference.
Religions.
Religion.
Religion.
Religions.
Religion - General.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
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A heart of wisdom : religion and human wholeness / Maurice Friedman. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, �1992. - 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) - SUNY series in religious studies . - SUNY series in religious studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index.
Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- Content -- PART ONE: A Way That One Walks -- Religion and the Religions -- PART TWO: Religions With Which I Have Been In Dialogue -- My Dialogue with the Religions -- The Biblical Covenant: Exile, Contending, and Trust -- Jesus: Image of the Human or Image of God? -- Hasidism -- PART THREE: Religious Communication -- The Meeting of Religion and Human Experience -- The Via Humana -- Religious Symbolism and ""Universal"" Religion -- Legend, Myth, and Tale. Religion and Literature -- Solitude and Community -- PART FOUR: The Tension Between Past and Present -- Peter Pan's Shadow: Tradition and Modernity -- The Dialectic Between Spirit and Form -- The Paradox of Religious Leadership -- PART FIVE: Religion and Human Wholeness -- Spontaneity, Decision, and Personal Wholeness -- Religion and Ethics: ""The Way to Do Is to Be"" -- World View and Existential Trust -- Is Religion the Enemy of Humankind? -- Back Matter -- Notes -- INDEX -- Back Cover.
Annotation Describes religion not as an external creed and form, or as a subjective inspiration, but as a conscious and immediate meeting with ultimate reality. Religion, then, becomes involved with the wholeness of human life; truth appears in the particular and unique as well as in the universal; and duality promotes a separation between spirit and life that neither can survive. Oriented towards Judaism and Christianity. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
English.
0585075832 9780585075839 9780791412152 0791412156 9780791412169 0791412164 1438403364 9781438403366
Religion.
Religions.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Reference.
Religions.
Religion.
Religion.
Religions.
Religion - General.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BL48 / .F74 1992eb
200