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His texts, such as \u003cem\u003eI and Thou\u003c\/em\u003e, challenge readers to engage with the world in a more authentic and meaningful way.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"i-and-thou-by-martin-buber-9781472511461","title":"I and Thou","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe publication of Martin Buber's \u003cem\u003eI and Thou\u003c\/em\u003e was a great event in the religious life of the West. ― Reinhold Niebuhr\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMartin Buber was a prolific and influential teacher and writer, who taught philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem from 1939 to 1951. Having studied philosophy and art at the universities of Vienna, Zurich, and Berlin, he became an active Zionist and was closely involved in the revival of Hasidism. Recognised as a landmark of twentieth-century intellectual history, \u003cem\u003eI and Thou\u003c\/em\u003e is Buber's masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, his enormous learning and wisdom are distilled into a simple, but compelling vision. It proposes nothing less than a new form of the Deity for today, a new form of human being and of a good life. In so doing, it addresses all religious and social dimensions of the human personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Ronald Gregor Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000642846956,"sku":"9781472511461","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7252133482712.jpg?v=1763292899"},{"product_id":"the-prophetic-faith-by-martin-buber-9780691166247","title":"The Prophetic Faith","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in English in 1949, \u003cem\u003eThe Prophetic Faith\u003c\/em\u003e features Martin Buber's readings of select biblical prophets—especially Isaiah and Deborah, the only female prophet and judge in the Hebrew Bible. In an approach that combines insights from biblical prophecy with a concern for events in the here and now, Buber outlines his interpretation of biblical revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInfused with an anti-institutional—some have said anarchic—sensibility, Buber discusses the notion of kingship as portrayed in the Bible and provides an account of human suffering in an extended discussion of the Book of Job. Anticipating those today who describe themselves as \"spiritual but not religious,\" Buber gives pride of place to a personal God outside of formal religious and legal strictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by Jon D. 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His voluminous writings on Arab-Jewish relations in Palestine interweave his religious and philosophical teachings with his politics, each essential to Buber's vision of democratic and religious life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Land of Two Peoples\u003c\/em\u003e collects the letters, talks, and essays in which Buber advocated for a binationalism that reconciled Arabs and Jews as a solution to the conflict in the Middle East. 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Though this idea is deeply troubling for many people, in this book Martin Buber uses the expression hopefully—for a hiding God is also a God who can be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1952, \u003ci\u003eEclipse of God\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of nine essays concerning the relationship between religion and philosophy. The book features Buber's critique of the thematically interconnected—yet diverse—perspectives of Soren Kierkegaard, Hermann Cohen, C.G. Jung, Martin Heidegger, and other prominent modern thinkers. Buber deconstructs their philosophical conceptions of God and explains why religion needs philosophy to interpret what is authentic in spiritual encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe elucidates the religious implications of the I-Thou, or dialogical relationship, and explains how the exclusive focus on scientific knowledge in the modern world blocks the possibility of a personal relationship with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by Leora Batnitzky, \u003ci\u003eEclipse of God\u003c\/i\u003e offers a glimpse into the mind of one of the modern world's greatest Jewish thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596307611884,"sku":"9780691165301","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691165301-eclipse-of-god.jpg?v=1777920475"},{"product_id":"between-man-and-man-by-martin-buber-9780415278263","title":"Between Man and Man","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScholar, theologian and philosopher, Martin Buber is one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. 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