TY  - BOOK
AU  - Svante Lundgren
PY  - 2012
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653019278
TI  - Fight Against Idols
T2  - Erich Fromm on Religion, Judaism and the Bible
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-01927-8
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051872
N2  - Erich Fromm (1900-80) was a famous psychoanalyst, social critic and author of bestsellers like Escape from Freedom and The Art of Loving. But he was also very interested in religion. Having been brought up as an orthodox Jew he abandoned institutionalized religion as a young man. But he was influenced for life by the Talmudic studies of his childhood. Later in life he met and was enriched by Buddhism and mysticism. In this book the author analyzes what Fromm thought about religion, how he expressed his ambiguous feelings about Judaism, and his radical interpretation of the Bible. This is a book about a fascinating man with views that challenge both believers and atheists.
KW  - Belief, Israel, Prophets
LA  - English
ER  -