LEADER 03051nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910818131903321 005 20240516022234.0 010 $a1-61811-091-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781618110916 035 $a(CKB)2550000000065389 035 $a(OCoLC)768351270 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10512261 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565933 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12204351 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565933 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10533987 035 $a(PQKB)10323815 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3110433 035 $a(DE-B1597)540818 035 $a(OCoLC)1135587307 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781618110916 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3110433 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10512261 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL546539 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000065389 100 $a20101008d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocratizing Judaism /$fJack J. Cohen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoston $cAcademic Studies Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 1 $aReference library of Jewish intellectual history 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-936235-16-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMordecai 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. 330 $aDemocratizing Judaism is a two-part examination of the Reconstructionist philosophy of Mordecai M. Kaplan. Part I is largely devoted to a defense of Kaplan against several serious critics. It also provides new insight into Kaplan's theology through reference to hitherto unknown passages in his diaries. Part II provides a critical analysis of the contemporary Reconstructionist movement and explores how a Kaplan disciple treats problems of democracy in Israel and issues of ethical theological concern. 410 0$aReference library of Jewish intellectual history. 606 $aReconstructionist Judaism 606 $aDemocracy$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aZionism 615 0$aReconstructionist Judaism. 615 0$aDemocracy$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aZionism. 676 $a296.8/344092 700 $aCohen$b Jack$f1919-$01493563 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818131903321 996 $aDemocratizing Judaism$94000905 997 $aUNINA