Frontmatter Table of Contents Introduction and Acknowledgements Part I: From Thalfang to Philadelphia: An Introduction to Samuel Hirsch's Life and Times "An Intimate Friendship with Modernity". Samuel Hirsch’s Reform Philosophy in the Context of the Ideological Controversies of the Times Part II: Hegelian and Defender of the Faith: The Fundamentals of Samuel Hirsch's Philosophy Samuel Hirsch in Dessau (June 1838 - June 1843). Freedom, Emancipation and the Christian State Back to Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy. Hirsch’s Criticism of Modern Times Judaism Transformed and the Divine on Earth. Samuel Hirsch's Appropriation of the Hegelian Ideal State Part III: Edifying the Congregation: Jewish Answers to Pressing Societal Questions The Challenges of Alterity: Notes on Samuel Hirsch's Contemporaneity Religious Borders of Reason and Sentiment: Samuel Hirsch and Abraham Geiger on Jewish Education “Humankind is Advancing”. Samuel Hirsch’s Rediscovery of Messianism and its Consequences for Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy Part IV: Samuel Hirsch’s Luxembourg: Industrialization, Emancipation and Community Between Recognition and Exclusion. The Effects of the Décret Infâme on Jewish Emancipation in Luxembourg Between Acceptance and Aversion. Jews and Christians in Luxembourg in the 19th and Early 20th centuries Part V: From Luxembourg to Philadelphia. Samuel Hirsch’s Transnational Reform Judaism “One Always Panders to the Basest Jew-Hatred”. Samuel Hirsch, Der Volksfreund and Luxemburger Wort’s Campaign against Secularization and Jewish Emancipation 1848–50 A Sense of Loneliness. Samuel Hirsch’s American Years Bibliography Contributors Index of Names Index of Places Index of Topics Biblical and Rabbinic Sources | 
