The American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan / / ed. by Emanuel Goldsmith, Mel Scult, Robert Seltzer.

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• MitwirkendeR: Ben-Horin, Meir,; Breslauer, S. Daniel,; Cohen, Jack J.,; Cutter, William,; Eisenstein, Ira,; Feiner, Harriet A.,; Goldsmith, Emanuel S.,; Kaufman, William E.,; Kessner, Carole S.,; Lazaroff, Allan,; Libowitz, Richard,; Noveck, Simon,; Round Shargel, Baila,; Schulweis, Harold M.,; Schweid, Eliezer,; Scult, Mel,; Seltzer, Robert M.,; Staub, Jacob J.,; Trachtenbera Alpert, Rebecca,
• HerausgeberIn: Goldsmith, Emanuel,; Scult, Mel,; Seltzer, Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Mordecai M. Kaplan, a pioneering figure in the reinterpretation and redefinition of Judaism in the 20th century, embraced religious liberalism, naturalism, and empiricism, and gave expression to a unique American attitude in philosophy and theology. This volume, the first comprehensive treatment of Kaplan since his death in 1983 . . . illustrates Kaplan's links to traditional Jewish roots and demonstrates his evolutionary philosophy of Jewish culture, his Zionist orientation, and the vast range of his thought and action. The volume also features a complete bibliography of Kaplan's writings. -- ChoiceA must for every serious thinker probing American Jewish culture, history and theology.-- Alfred GottschalkPresident, Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion These highly knowledgeable essays provide us with a new and more complex image of a central personality in 20th century American Jewish life. They are indispensable for understanding the influences that helped shape Mordecai Kaplan's thought and personality, the nature of his relationships with significant contemporaries, and the various aspects of his ideology and practical program for American Jewry.-- Professor Michael A. MeyerDepartment of Jewish HistoryHebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion This leading American Jewish thinker of the pre-war period is still the point of departure for any attempt to construct a Judaism for this new age in the history of the Jewish people. The volume brings them an and this thought to life.-- Dr. Arthur GreenPresident, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: Kaplan and Jewish Modernity -- PART I. CONTEXTS -- 1. Kaplan and the Retrieval of the Haskalah -- 2. The Reconstruction of Jewish Religion Out of Secular Culture -- PART 2. STAGES IN A LIFE -- 3. Becoming Centered: Community and Spirituality in the Early Kaplan -- 4. Kaplan and Israel Friedlaender: Expectation and Failure -- 5. Kaplan and Cyrus Adler -- 6. Kaplan and Milton Steinberg: A Disciple's Agreements and Disagreements -- PART 3. INTELLECTUAL CONTEMPORARIES -- 7. Kaplan and john Dewey -- 8. Kaplan and Henry Nelson Wieman -- 9. Ahad Ha-Am in Kaplan: Roads Crossing and Parting -- 10. Kaplan, Abraham joshua Heschel, and Martin Buber: Three Approaches to jewish Revival -- PART 4. REINTERPRETING JUDAISM -- 11. A Critical Assessment of Kaplan's Ideas of Salvation -- 12. Kaplan's Approach to Metaphysics -- 13. Kaplan and Process Theology -- 14. Kaplan's Reinterpretation of the Bible -- 15. Kaplan as Liturgist -- PART 5. THE IDEOLOGIST -- 16. Kaplan and the Role of Women in Judaism -- 17. Kaplan's Influence on Jewish Social Work -- 18. Kaplan and Jewish Education: Reflections on His Influence -- 19. The Quest for Economic Justice: Kaplan's Response to the Challenge of Communism, 1929-1940 -- 20. Reflections on Kaplan's Zionism -- Complete Bibliography of the Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan -- Index