Spirituality in the writings of Etty Hillesum : proceedings of the Etty Hillesum Conference at Ghent University, November 2008 /

Spirituality in the writings of Etty Hillesum : proceedings of the Etty Hillesum Conference at Ghent University, November 2008 /

Drawing on Etty Hillesum's writings, this book offers a comprehensive account of international scholarship on the life, works and vision of the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum, whose life was shaped by the totalitarian Nazi-regime, and who lived a courageous spirituality in the darkest period...

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Corporate Author: Etty Hillesum Conference Ghent University, Belgium
Other Authors: Hillesum, Etty, 1914-1943, Smelik, K. A. D., 1950- (Editor), Brandt, Ria van den, 1960- (edit. r.), Coetsier, Meins G. S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2011]
Series:Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Hillesum, Etty, > 1914-1943 > Religion > Congresses.
Hillesum, Etty, > 1914-1943 > Correspondence > History and criticism > Congresses.
Hillesum, Etty, > 1914-1943 > Diaries > History and criticism > Congresses.
1939-1945
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Netherlands > Personal narratives > History and criticism > Congresses.
Spiritual life > Judaism > Congresses.
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • A short biograph of Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) / Klaus A.D. Smelik
  • The Roots of the Chaos and the Process of Change in Etty Hillesum / Canon Patrick Woodhouse
  • Etty Hillesum and Julius Spier: A "Spierituality" on the Fringe of Religious Borders / Alexandra Pleshoyano
  • Etty Hillesum and Her God / Klaas A.D. Smelik
  • "You-Consciousness" : Towards Political Theory: Etty Hillesum's Experience and Symbolization of the Divine Presence / Meins G.S. Coetsier
  • Foundations for a Judgment of the Holocaust: Etty Hillesum's Standard of Humanity / Brendan Purcell
  • Etty Hillesum's Russian Vocation and Spiritual Relationship to Dostoevsky / Wil van den Bercken
  • Etty Hillesum, an "Atypical" Mystic / Francesca Brezzi
  • The Reception of Etty Hillesum's Writings in French Language / Paul Lebeau
  • Etty Hillesum and Her "Catholic Worshippers" : A Plea for a More Critical Approach to Etty Hillesum's Writings / Rita van den Brandt
  • Etty Hillesum: A Portrait of a Holocaust Artist / Rachel Feldhay Brenner
  • "There was Little of that Harmonious Rolling out of God's Hand" : Struggle and Balance in the Diaries of Etty Hillesum / Debbie Pevenge
  • Etty Hillesum: "écriture féminine?" / Denise De Costa
  • Feeling Life: Etty Hillesum Becomes Word / Maria Gabriella Nocita
  • Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) and Abel Herzberg (1893-1989): Two Dutch Chroniclers of the Shoah / Bettine Sierstema
  • Two Voices from Westerbork: Etty Hillesum and Philip Mechanicus on the Transport from Camp Westerbork on 24 August 1943 / Gerrit Van Oord
  • Witnesses and Victims of Massacre: The Literary Testimony of Samuel Usque and Etty Hillesum / Patricia Couto
  • Let's Talk About Hope! Etty Hillesum's Future-Perspective "We may Suffer, But We Must not Succumb" / Manja Pach
  • Context, Dilemmas, and Misunderstandings During the Composition and Publication of an Interrupted Life: Etty Hillesum's Diary, 1941-1943 / Jan Geurt Gaarlandt
  • Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Works of Etty Hillesum / Fulvio C. Manara
  • Why is Etty Hillesum a Great Thinker? / Maria Filomena Molder
  • Etty Hillesum's Psychological and Spiritual Path: Towards an Ethics of Responsibility / Nadia Neri
  • The Road of Etty Hillesum to Nothingness / Frits Grimmelikhuizen.

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