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.