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

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

Etty Hillesum Conference (2008 : Ghent University, Belgium), author. (Author). Hillesum, Etty 1914-1943 (Added Author). Smelik, K. A. D., 1950- (editor.). Brandt, Ria van den, 1960- (edit. r.). Coetsier, Meins G. S., (editor.).

Summary: 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 of the twentieth century.

Record details

ISBN: 9004188592
ISBN: 9789004188594
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 490 pages) : illustrations, map
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Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2011]
Copyright: ©2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-464) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.