The Responsive Self: Personal Religion in Biblical by Susan Niditch

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By Susan Niditch

Works created within the interval from the Babylonian conquest of Judea during the takeover and rule of Judea and Samaria through imperial Persia demonstrate a profound curiosity within the spiritual responses of people and an intimate engagement with the character of non-public adventure. utilizing the wealthy and sundry physique of literature preserved within the Hebrew Bible, Susan Niditch examines ways that fans of Yahweh, engaging in long-standing traditions, are proven to denationalise and customize faith. Their studies stay proper to the various questions we nonetheless ask this day: Why do undesirable issues occur to stable humans? Does God listen me while I name out in hassle? How do I outline myself? Do i've got a private courting with a divine being? How do I focus on chaos and make feel of my event? What roles do fabric items and personal practices play inside my spiritual lifestyles? those questions deeply engaged the traditional writers of the Bible, they usually proceed to intrigue modern those who try and locate which means in existence and to make experience of the world.

The Responsive Self studies various phenomena, together with using first-person speech, doubtless autobiographic varieties and orientations, the emphasis on person accountability for sin, curiosity within the emotional dimensions of biblical characters, and outlines of self-imposed ritual. This set of pursuits lends itself to fascinating ways within the modern learn of faith, together with the idea that of “lived religion,” and comprises figuring out and describing what humans really do and think in cultures of religion.

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