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Understanding and believing : essays / by Joachim Wach ; edited with an introduction by Joseph M. Kitagawa.

By: Wach, Joachim, 1898-1955
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1975Copyright date: ©1968Description: xviii, 204 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0837184886Subject(s): Religion | Wach, Joachim, 1898-1955 -- BibliographyDDC classification: 291/.08 LOC classification: BL27 | .W26 1975Bibliography, Etc. Note: "Bibliography of Joachim Wach (1922-55)": pages 188-196.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Religion and modern man: The self-understanding of modern man. Stefan George: poet and priest of modern paganism. The problem of death in modern philosophy.--Christianity and world religions: General revelation and the religions of the world. The paradox of the Gospel. Redeemer of man. Seeing and believing. Belief and witness.--Faith and knowledge: The meaning and task of the history of religions. Religious commitment and tolerance. The problem of truth in religion. The Christian professor. The crisis in the university. Hugo of St. Victor on virtues and vices. To a rabbi friend. On felicity. A prayer.

Reprint of the 1st edition published by Harper & Row, New York, which was issued as number TB1399 of the Harper torchbooks.

"Bibliography of Joachim Wach (1922-55)": pages 188-196.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religion and modern man: The self-understanding of modern man. Stefan George: poet and priest of modern paganism. The problem of death in modern philosophy.--Christianity and world religions: General revelation and the religions of the world. The paradox of the Gospel. Redeemer of man. Seeing and believing. Belief and witness.--Faith and knowledge: The meaning and task of the history of religions. Religious commitment and tolerance. The problem of truth in religion. The Christian professor. The crisis in the university. Hugo of St. Victor on virtues and vices. To a rabbi friend. On felicity. A prayer.

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