Personal Theology : : Essays in Honor of Neil Gillman / / ed. by William Plevan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Borowitz, Eugene B.,; Dorff, Elliot N.,; Glazer, Aubrey L.,; Green, Arthur,; Levin, Leonard,; Magid, Shaul,; Plevan, William,; Portnoff, Sharon,; Redl, Nina,; Roth, Joel,; Schottenstein, Jay,; Schottenstein, Jeannie,; Scult, Mel,; Stone, Ira F.,; Wachs, Saul P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Plevan, William,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)

Neil Gillman has been a part of the JTS community for over 50 years as a student, administrator and member of the faculty. His most enduring contribution as a scholar and a teacher has been a renewed focus on the importance of theological reflection in rabbinic education and Jewish education, both in the Conservative movement and Jewish life generally. This volume seeks to honor Professor Gillman’s contributions to Jewish scholarship and education by collecting essays by his colleagues and students that discuss the issues most central to his work, namely Jewish theology, Conservative Judaism and Jewish education.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Jewish Images of God -- The Certainty of Myth: The Legacy of Neil Gillman -- The Seminary Theology Professor’s Special Responsibility -- A Neo-Hasidic Life: Credo and Reflections -- Is There an Essential Theology for a Halakhic Movement? -- Is Theology the Handmaiden of Halakhah? -- Is the “Halakhic Authenticity” of Conservative Judaism a Broken Myth? -- Toward a Curriculum for Increasing the Active Participation of Congregants at Prayer Services -- Mordecai Kaplan: “The Master of Midrash” -- The “Ethnic Jew” and Judaism in America according to Felix Adler, Josephine Lazarus, and Mordecai Kaplan -- Making Peace with Philosophy: Emil L. Fackenheim’s Hegelianism -- Living the Death of God in the Hope of Words: On Gillman, Jabès, Marcel, and Badiou -- Index