From Cult to Culture - (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Jacob Taubes (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The book is the English edition of a collection of essays by Jacob Taubes, one of the most creative and idiosyncratic philosophers of religion in Germany of the second half of the twentieth century.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The book is the English edition of a collection of essays by Jacob Taubes, one of the most creative and idiosyncratic philosophers of religion in Germany of the second half of the twentieth century.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[<i>From Cult to Culture</i>] include[s] elaborate contemplations about topics such as Jewish mysticism and Judeo-Christian messianism, Christian theology in both ancient and modern times, 'notes on Surrealism, ' and relevant work on the relationship between culture and ideology, 'the current state of Polytheism, ' or religion and psychoanalysis. The editors of the collection, which is organized thematically, are a group of loyal disciples and peers, some of whom later organized the Paul lectures. The essays demonstrate a powerful far-reaching analysis that Charlotte Fonrobert--who edited the English edition together with Amir Engel--characterizes as 'a battle against complacency and indifference'.--Nitzan Lebovic "<i>H-Judaic</i>"<br><br>This collection of essays is an important introduction to the work of a writer and thinker who isn't widely discussed today . . . It belongs on the shelves of university and seminary libraries.--Morton J. Merowitz "<i>AJL</i>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>One of the great Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, Jacob Taubes (1923-1987) was a rabbi, philosopher of religion, and scholar of Judaism. Stanford published a translation of his <i>Political Theology of Paul</i> in 2004.
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