Contents -- Introduction -- Conceptual Analysis -- Faith as Temptation* -- On Non-Illusory Faith* -- On Undermining the Beliefs of Others: Religion and the Ethics of Persuasion -- Religious Belief in a Postmodern Age -- Faith in the Face of Bereavement and Loss: Coping with the Question of Evil in the World -- KABBALAH AND HASIDISM -- Faith, Rebellion, and Heresy in the Writings of Rabbi Azriel of Gerona -- On the Essence of Faith in Hasidism: An Historical-Theoretical Perspective -- "Beyond Reason" On Faith in the Philosophy of Chabad* -- Faith and Song in the Poetry of Zelda: On the Mystical Elements in Zelda's Ars Poetica and their Hasidic Origins -- PERSONS AND IDEAS -- "My desire for the living God hath constrained me": Belief as Unfulfilled Desire in the Writings of Rabbi Judah Halevi -- The Strengthening of Faith in Orthodox Discourse: A Reevaluation of Models of Faith -- Hillel Zeitlin in Search of God: An Analysis of Zeitlin's Meditation "The Thirst" -- A Metamorphosis in the Perception of God in Bialik's Poetry -- Dialogue and Faith: -- Unity and Fragmentation of the Self in Leibowitz's Idea of Faith and their Repercussions: A Critical Perspective.