Radical Amazement: The Meaning of Life and Purpose of Judaism according to Abraham Joshua Heschel
at Temple Israel of Natick
145 Hartford St
Natick, MA
Radical Amazement: The Meaning of Life and Purpose of Judaism according to Abraham Joshua Heschel. What does it mean that we are moved to tears by the sight of a sunset? Our human responses to the miraculous may be merely a result of evolution, but is there more significance to them than that? For theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel, as for many scholars of religious studies, wonder is the very source of religion, and the mother of human creativity: not theology but amazement; not understanding but mystery. Through discussion, study, poetry, and a taste of Hasidic music, we will explore some of these themes, how they resonate in Jewish tradition, particularly Hasidism and neo-Hasidism, and how they are more important in the age of the ipod than ever before.
