03088nam 2200649 a 450 991045750040332120200520144314.01-61811-091-810.1515/9781618110916(CKB)2550000000065389(OCoLC)768351270(CaPaEBR)ebrary10512261(SSID)ssj0000565933(PQKBManifestationID)12204351(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565933(PQKBWorkID)10533987(PQKB)10323815(MiAaPQ)EBC3110433(DE-B1597)540818(OCoLC)1135587307(DE-B1597)9781618110916(Au-PeEL)EBL3110433(CaPaEBR)ebr10512261(CaONFJC)MIL546539(EXLCZ)99255000000006538920101008d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDemocratizing Judaism[electronic resource] /Jack J. CohenBoston Academic Studies Press20101 online resource (304 p.)Reference library of Jewish intellectual historyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-936235-16-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Mordecai M. Kaplan reexamined -- Theorist and activist -- The rational mystic -- Toward a theology of experience -- Religious education for democracy -- On the theology of election -- Other critics -- Naturalism and supernaturalism -- Ethical values in the thought of Bertrand Russell and Mordecai M. Kaplan -- Reconstructionism reexamined and applied -- Reconstructionism revisited -- A state with a Jewish majority -- The concept of a Jewish state -- What is a Zionist state? -- The Western Wall -- A theology of ethics -- Is this the meaning of my life? -- A rational approach to the idea of God -- When a judge steps off the bench.Democratizing Judaism is a two-part examination of the Reconstructionist philosophy of Mordecai M. Kaplan. Part I is largely devoted to a defense of Kaplan against several serious critics. It also provides new insight into Kaplan's theology through reference to hitherto unknown passages in his diaries. Part II provides a critical analysis of the contemporary Reconstructionist movement and explores how a Kaplan disciple treats problems of democracy in Israel and issues of ethical theological concern.Reference library of Jewish intellectual history.Reconstructionist JudaismDemocracyReligious aspectsJudaismZionismElectronic books.Reconstructionist Judaism.DemocracyReligious aspectsJudaism.Zionism.296.8/344092Cohen Jack1919-1046563MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457500403321Democratizing Judaism2480827UNINA