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Tsimtsum In Life Of Pi, Part 4 (Daniel Reiser)

Jewish Philosophy of Religion

The following is the last of a four-part series. The first can be found here, the second here, the third here. Is what Martel presents his readers only a pragmatic approach which demonstrates the utilitarian value of religion? Is religion “false” but nevertheless…

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Tsimtsum In Life Of Pi, Part 1 (Daniel Reiser)

Jewish Philosophy of Religion

The following is the first of a four-part series. Introduction* Yann Martel’s 2001 bestselling novel Life of Pi, later released in 2012 as a prize-winning box office hit, addresses themes such as religion, faith, imagination, and their relation to psychology…

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Kenosis, Emancipation, Pastness – Reflections From A Jew, Part 1 (Sarah Pessin)

Interfaith Conversations

The following is the first of a two-part installment.  This article can also be downloaded in PDF format from the Spring 2019 issue (Vol. 18, No. 2) of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory. Claustrophobia at the Christian Table…

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Embodiment And The Experience Of The Divine (James Mensch)

Phenomenology / Philosophy of Religion

At the outset of Genesis, we are presented with two different pictures of God. The first depicts God as the creator of the world and, thus, as transcendent to it. This implies that we cannot understand his creative action in…

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Review – Reverent Irreverence (Amit Gvaryahu)

Philosophy / Reviews / Theology

Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism. Weiss, Dov.  Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017.  ISBN 9780812293050. Hardcover, ebook. ix+291 pages. Pious Irreverence opens with a quote from America’s favorite fictional president, Josiah Bartlet of The West Wing. After the…

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Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 2 (Agata Bielik-Robson)

Philosophy of Religion

The following is the second of a two-part series.  The first segment was published on July 25, 2016 and can be accessed here. Another Finitude – Rosenzweig versus Heidegger Thus, even if not completely in accord with Heidegger” “letter,” Blanchot’s…

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