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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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