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Author:   Klaas A.D. Smelik ,  Meins G.S. Coetsier ,  Jurjen Wiersma
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   28
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.763kg
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9789004341333

ISBN 10:   9004341331
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   09 February 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Preface List of Contributors Introduction, Klaas A.D. Smelik Perspectives of Research on Etty Hillesum's Writings, Klaas A.D. Smelik Part One: Ethics and Religious Philosophy Etty Hillesum's Ethical Consciousness and the History of Jewish Philosophy, Meins G.S. Coetsier Dimensions of Mystical Experience in the Thinking and Behavior of Etty Hillesum, Fulvio Cesare Manara The Journey of Etty Hillesum from Eros to Agape, Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer Etty Hillesum as Moral-Theological Guide: From Fear to Love's Givenness and At-Riskness, William McDonough The Carnivalesque in the Writing and Spirituality of Etty Hillesum, John Cartner Part Two: Kindred Spirits Spinoza and Etty Hillesum: Two Different Views of God, Maria Luisa Ribeiro Ferreira The Courage to Write: Biography and Religion in Etty Hillesum and Soren Kierkegaard, Ulrich Lincoln Etty Hillesum and Primo Levi Among the Drowned and the Saved: Experiences of Inner Freedom, Maria Gabriella Nocita Etty Hillesum and Sophie Scholl: Sisters in Fate, Marta Perrini The Phantom of God in the (auto-)biographical writings of Helene Cixous and Etty Hillesum, Maria Essunger Chipping Away the Ice That Surrounds the Soul: Etty Hillesum and Dorothee Solle, Jurjen Wiersma Part Three: Persecution as an Ethical Challenge Etty Hillesum's Reaction to the Persecution of her People, Prof. Dr. Klaas A.D. Smelik Etty Hillesum's Views on the Nazis and Their Henchmen, Bettine Siertsema Part Four: Sources of Inspiration The Influence of the Work of Rainer Maria Rilke on the Mind and Heart of Etty Hillesum, Canon Patrick Woodhouse Newly Discovered Sources of Etty Hillesum, Ria van den Brandt Bibliography General index Index of textual references

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Klaas A.D. Smelik, D.D. (1977, University of Amsterdam), emeritus professor Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Ghent University. He has published or edited about 40 monographs, several translations and many articles on the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Philology, Judaism, Ancient History and Etty Hillesum, including Spirituality in the Writings of Etty Hillesum (Brill 2010). Meins G.S. Coetsier, Ph.D. (2008 in Philosophy; 2012 in Comparative Science of Cultures, Ghent University), is staff member and researcher at the Etty Hillesum Research Centre. He is co-editor of Spirituality in the Writings of Etty Hillesum (Brill, 2010), and author of The Existential Philosophy of Etty Hillesum: An Analysis of Her Diaries and Letters (Brill, 2014). Jurjen Wiersma, D.D. (1981, University of Amsterdam), professor emeritus of ethics and philosophy at the University Faculty of Protestant Theology in Brussels. Areas of interest concern the European Union as an ethico-theological challenge, Bonhoeffer studies and liberation theology. His recent publication is a monograph on liberation theology updated Bevrijdingstheologie Actueel (Garant, Antwerp-Apeldoorn 2016).

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