Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 6
3. Introduction 8
4. 1. Conceptual Analysis
5. Faith as Temptation 12
6. On Non-Illusory Faith 123
7. On Undermining the Beliefs of Others: Religion and the Ethics of Persuasion 137
8. Religious Belief in a Postmodern Age 188
9. Faith in the Face of Bereavement and Loss: Coping with the Question of Evil in the World 241
10. 2. Kabbalah and Hasidism
11. Faith, Rebellion, and Heresy in the Writings of Rabbi Azriel of Gerona 278
12. On the Essence of Faith in Hasidism: An Historical-Theoretical Perspective 302
13. “Beyond Reason” On Faith in the Philosophy of Chabad 367
14. Faith and Song in the Poetry of Zelda: On the Mystical Elements in Zelda’s Ars Poetica and their Hasidic Origins 384
15. 3. Persons and Ideas
16. “My desire for the living God hath constrained me”: Belief as Unfulfilled Desire in the Writings of Rabbi Judah Halevi 418
17. The Strengthening of Faith in Orthodox Discourse: A Reevaluation of Models of Faith 457
18. Hillel Zeitlin in Search of God: An Analysis of Zeitlin’s Meditation “The Thirst” 478
19. A Metamorphosis in the Perception of God in Bialik’s Poetry 500
20. Dialogue and Faith: The Lonely Man of Faith 513
21. Unity and Fragmentation of the Self in Leibowitz’s Idea of Faith and their Repercussions: A Critical Perspective 545
22. Index 584