“Our post-modern generation...is
trying to find its way again; that is the meaning of the
‘return to religion’ which so many have noted as
the sign of our times....Western man has managed to lose his
grasp of the meaning of life....In gaining—or in trying
to gain—the world, he has come very close to losing his
soul....Now we of this generation want to find our way back.
But how? Where shall we turn?”
This book has changed the spiritual
awareness of countless readers. Written by one of the twentieth
century’s greatest theologians, Judaism and Modern Man explores
the ways in which the Jewish religion relates to our society,
and to us as individuals, and how we can draw this knowledge
into our everyday lives.
Herberg discusses the distinctive
qualities of our relationships with the world
today—relationships between God, ourselves, and our
peers; between the individual and society; between religion and
society—and traces the spiritual threads that connect us
to this age of modernity.
In a time when we sometimes need to look
closely to find our ties to spirituality, this classic work,
originally published in 1951, helps contemporary readers
understand Judaism’s place in today’s world.
“A milestone in the religious
thought of America...a book of great value to anyone concerned
with the true inwardness of either the Christian or the Jewish
faith.”
—Reinhold
Neibuhr
“Profoundly religious and
intellectually exciting...joins the distinguished company of
Martin Buber, Solomon Schechter, and Leo Baeck as a profound
interpreter of Judaism and of the Biblical theology.”
—Milton
Konvitz
“Will Herberg has written the book
of the generation on the Jewish religion.”
—Rabbi
Milton Steinberg
