A profound exploration of truth and despair in Hasidism, comparing the Kotzker Rebbe and Kierkegaard.
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A profound exploration of truth and despair in Hasidism, comparing the Kotzker Rebbe and Kierkegaard.
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A Passion for Truth presents a surprising parallel study of two figures, the Hasidic tzaddik (righteous man, spiritual leader), Reb Menachem Mendl of Kotzk (1787-1859), and the Christian mystic, father of existentialism, Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855). Rabbi Heschel is never heavy and all that he presents in this aphoristic, quotable book is cast in terms that touch all our lives.
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Central focus on Hasidic Judaism, Christianity, and spiritual themes.
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Minor critique of religious complacency and societal dishonesty.
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Brief mentions of spiritual and historical suffering, including Holocaust context.
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