From Marxism to Judaism: The Collected Essays of Will Herberg($60.14Value)

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This is the first book of essays by Will Herberg. His writings have had a major impact on American intellectual and political thought. They represent milestones of a spectrum of ideological stance, comprising American Marxism and conservatism as well as Jewish and Christian theology, all of which were influenced by Herberg during his 50-year intellectual odyssey from Marxism to Judaism. This book includes Herberg’s most widely-known essays on Jewish and Christian theology, religious life in America, church-state relations, and America’s civil religions. While some of these articles and essays were controversial in their original political intent, today they are a testimony to his intellectual brilliance and his commitment to humanity, universal values, a classic liberal arts education, and mutual tolerance of all major religions.. Herberg was an important Jewish thinker, sociologist of religion, and political conservative who for many years wrote for the National Review . He is known today primarily for his 1955 classic Protestant-Catholic-Jew , which editor Dalin describes as "a popular evocation of America's 'triple melting pot' whose thesis has become a part of the sociological language of our time." In these collected essays, spanning four decades, he argues for increased religious identity and a greater role for religion in public life. His essays on Judaism are particularly thoughtful. Recommended for libraries with strong Judaica and religion collections. - Paul Kaplan, Highland Park P.L., Ill. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. Used Book in Good Condition