ISBN:
9781936235162
,
1936235161
Language:
English
Pages:
301 Seiten
,
25 cm
Year of publication:
2010
Series Statement:
Reference library of Jewish intellectual history
DDC:
296.8344092
Keywords:
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem 1881-1983
;
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem
;
Reconstructionist Judaism
;
Democracy Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Zionism
;
Reconstructionist Judaism
;
Democracy Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Zionism
;
Kaplan, Mordecai M. 1881-1983
;
Judentum
;
Demokratie
;
Zionismus
Abstract:
Mordecai M. Kaplan reexamined -- Theorist and activist -- The rational mystic -- Toward a theology of experience -- Religious education for democracy -- On the theology of election -- Other critics -- Naturalism and supernaturalism -- Ethical values in the thought of Bertrand Russell and Mordecai M. Kaplan -- Reconstructionism reexamined and applied -- Reconstructionism revisited -- A state with a Jewish majority -- The concept of a Jewish state -- What is a Zionist state? -- The Western Wall -- A theology of ethics -- Is this the meaning of my life? -- A rational approach to the idea of God -- When a judge steps off the bench
Description / Table of Contents:
Mordecai M. Kaplan reexamined -- Theorist and activist -- The rational mystic -- Toward a theology of experience -- Religious education for democracy -- On the theology of election -- Other critics -- Naturalism and supernaturalism -- Ethical values in the thought of Bertrand Russell and Mordecai M. Kaplan -- Reconstructionism reexamined and applied -- Reconstructionism revisited -- A state with a Jewish majority -- The concept of a Jewish state -- What is a Zionist state? -- The Western Wall -- A theology of ethics -- Is this the meaning of my life? -- A rational approach to the idea of God -- When a judge steps off the bench.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=33634
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