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Abba Hillel Silver
Marc Lee Raphael
其他書名
A Profile in American Judaism
出版Holmes & Meier, 1989
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / JewishReligion / Judaism / GeneralSocial Science / Jewish Studies
ISBN08419105969780841910591
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BM3XAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Silver's writings and activities had a profound influence on American life, both religious and secular. Like William James, he believed the business of religion was to unlock people's inner resources. "Judaism's central and unique property" he wrote, "is the power to release faith and courage for living, to produce spiritual vitality and fruitfulness, and by that that it ultimately stands or falls." For Silver, this power functioned two ways-as a support during crises and as a stimulus to high endeavours. This, of course, raises the question of whether religion is purely psychology or also philosophy, whether it can distance itself from the supernatural and remain, in fact, religion. Raphael deals with these questions in this challenging and provocative study.