Understanding and believing
Subtitle: essays
By: by Joachim Wach ; edited with an introd. by Joseph M. Kitagawa.
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Wach, Joachim, 1898-1955 -- Bibliography; Religion -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: "Bibliography of Joachim Wach (1922-55)": p. 188-196.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reprint of the 1st ed. published by Harper & Row, New York, which was issued as no. TB1399 of the Harper torchbooks.
Table of contents: title: Religion and modern man: The self-understanding of modern man. Stefan George: poet and priest of modern paganism. The problem of death in modern philosophy.; title: Christianity and world religions: General revelation and the religions of the world. The paradox of the Gospel. Redeemer of man. Seeing and believing. Belief and witness.; title: Faith and knowledge: The meaning and task of the history of religions. Religious commitment and tolerance. The problem of truth in religion. The Christian professor. The crisis in the university. Hugo of St. Victor on virtues and vices. To a rabbi friend. On felicity. A prayer.