Democratizing Judaism [[electronic resource] /] / Jack J. Cohen

• Autore: Cohen Jack <1919->
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.8/344092
• Soggetto topico: Reconstructionist Judaism; Democracy - Religious aspects - Judaism; Zionism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Democratizing Judaism
• ISBN: 1-61811-091-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457500403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Reference library of Jewish intellectual history.