Rosenzweig and Chalier on Teshuva: Repentance and Redemption

De Doncker, Ellen
(2021) Gebet, Praxis, Erlösung / Prayer, Praxis, Redemption — ISBN: [978-3-495-46413-7], p. 205-219, published

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This article aims to study the concept of teshuva within the thinking of Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) and Catherine Chalier (born 1947). Both of these philosophers understand teshuva as a special kind of repentace. Re-reading Rosenzweig's Der Stern der Erlösung (henceforth: Stern) through the lens of teshuva shows the importance of antricipatory acts in the present as an impatient awaiting of the redemption that is always yet to come (à-venir). First, the concept of teshuva will be explored. Next, Rosenzweig's and Chalier's interpretation of teshuva will be analyzed. Finally, two challenges to teshuva (complacency and despair) will be examined. Through a reading of Rosenzweig's Stern, it will be shown how these challenges can be overcome. Doing so, thisarticle hopes to read Rosenzweig's Stern from a new angle, through the rather unknown concept of teshuva.
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De Doncker, E. (2021). Rosenzweig and Chalier on Teshuva: Repentance and Redemption. In Irène Kajon, Luca Bertolino (eds.) (ed.), Gebet, Praxis, Erlösung / Prayer, Praxis, Redemption (p. p. 205-219). Verlag Karl Alber. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/222745