Democratizing Judaism / / Jack J. Cohen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
• VerfasserIn: Cohen, Jack J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; A Personal Introduction --; Part I. Mordecai M. Kaplan Reexamined --; Ch. 1 Theorist and Activist --; Ch. 2 The Rational Mystic --; Ch. 3 Toward a Theology of Experience --; Ch. 4 Religious Education for Democracy --; Ch. 5 On the Theology of Election --; Ch. 6 Other Critics --; Ch. 7 Naturalism and Supernaturalism --; Ch. 8 Ethical Values in the Thought of Bertrand Russell and Mordecai M. Kaplan --; Part II. Reconstructionism Reexamined and Applied --; Ch. 9 Reconstructionism Revisited --; Ch. 10 A State with a Jewish Majority --; Ch. 11 The Concept of a Jewish State --; Ch. 12 What Is a Zionist State? --; Ch. 13 The Western Wall --; Ch. 14 A Theology of Ethics --; Ch. 15 “Is This the Meaning of My Life?” --; Ch. 16 A Rational Approach to the Idea of God --; Ch. 17 When a Judge Steps off the Bench --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781618110916; 9783111024080; 9783110688146
• DOI: 10.1515/9781618110916
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jack J. Cohen.

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.