Encountering the Jewish Future
with Wiesel, Buber, Heschel, Arendt, Levinas
- World Religions
- Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
- Published: 2011
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Publisher's Description
Marc Ellis maintains that the most vital questions about Judaism are prefigured in the work of Elie Wiesel, Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Hannah Arendt, and Emmanuel Levinas. Ellis's work is framed by encounters with each thinker's work, focusing on topics of God, the Holocaust, the prophetic legacy, philosophical and ethical standpoints, and Jewish empowerment and dissent. Two generations after the Holocaust and Israel's founding, Ellis argues that the uncertain future of Judaism requires a deeply personal and intellectual exploration of Jewish tradition and identity, in conversation with the best philosophical and theological minds of recent years.
Endorsements (3)
“An exquisite journey into modern Jewish thinking in all its complexity, pain, and beauty. Marc Ellis provides a rich and compelling examination of where we have been, where we are now, and where we must go, told with intellectual rigor and profound sensitivity.”
“Marc Ellis is a bold adventurer who persistently explores the cutting edges of Jewish commitment and here puts himself in conversation with challenging thoughts about innocence and experience, imperialism and conscience, redemption and oppression. No contemporary Jewish commitment can afford to overlook the prophetic stance Ellis enunciates.”
“Encountering the Jewish Future will rapidly become a landmark of 21st century prophetic writings. Marc Ellis subversively unfolds the liberationist character of Jewish thought and courageously puts the revolutionary tradition in the service of the wretched of earth. This book is a must read for all cross–borders of conscience committed to global justice.”
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