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"For Jews and Christians beyond the numbering, Abraham Joshua Heschel was a spiritual mentor who changed our lives in ways that we are still trying to understand."--The Reverend Richard John Neuhaus, editor in chief of First Things

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Man Is Not Alone is a profound, beautifully written examination of the ingredients of piety: how man senses God's presence, explores it, accepts it, and builds life upon it. Abraham Joshua Heschel's philosophy of religion is not a philosophy of doctrine or the interpretation of a dogma. He erects his carefully built structure of thought upon foundations which are universally valid but almost generally ignored. It was Man Is Not Alone which led Reinhold Niebuhr accurately to predict that Heschel would "become a commanding and authoritative voice not only in the Jewish community but in the religious life of America." With its companion volume, God in Search of Man, it is revered as a classic of modern theology.

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There are three aspects of nature which command man's attention: power, loveliness, grandeur. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars an explanation of religion, April 20 2003

By	Michael Lewyn (Jacksonville, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Heschel's book is a description of faith rather than an argument for faith: not an attempt to persuade the faithless, but an explanation of how the religious person thinks. I especially liked his discussion of prayer and ritual; Heschel explains, for example, that set written prayers exist to help us think about our faith as we read them. MUCH easier to read than his more famous book "God In Search Of Man"; I wish I had read this book first.

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5.0 out of 5 stars . . . the One who IS . . ., Jul 1 2000

By	Jonathan Stone (Colorado) - See all my reviews

A thinking person who doesn't believe in God, someone who is searching for God, or a believer who wants to know God more deeply -- all will be touched by this profound portrayal of "the One who IS." It is a beautifully written treasure of wisdom.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Heschel -- Sustained Value In My Life, Mar 4 1999

By	Paul Saevig, PAULESAEVIG@AOL.COM (Santa Ana, CA) - See all my reviews

I first encountered Heschel as a college senior in 1971, when my teacher, Rabbi Morton Fierman of Santa Ana, CA, taught a course in Heschel. We students were Catholics, Baptists, Presbyterians, agnostics, and a few Jews, and Heschel transformed our lives. I have celebrated the Ineffable ever since, and viewed Yahweh with Radical Amazement. To climax the course, we met Heschel at Whittier College. I recommend his books to anyone interested in spirituality. We need him in the 21st Century.

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