Mel Scult

Radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This gracefully argued book, with its sensitive insights into the beliefs of a revolutionary Jewish thinker, makes a powerful contribution to modern Judaism and to contemporary American religious thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9780253017116
• ISBN-10: 0253017114
• Artikelnr.: 41669064

Autorenporträt

Mel Scult

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Excommunications: Kaplan and Spinoza
2. Self-Reliance: Kaplan and Emerson
3. Nationalism and Righteousness: Ahad Ha-Am and Matthew Arnold
4. Universalism and Pragmatism: Felix Adler, William James, and John Dewey
5. Kaplan and Peoplehood: Judaism as a Civilization and Zionism
6. Kaplan and His God: An Ambivalent Relationship
7. Kaplan's Theology: Beyond Supernaturalism
8. Salvation: The Goal of Religion
9. Salvation Embodied: The Vehicle of Mitzvot
10. Mordecai the Pious: Kaplan and Heschel
11. The Law: Halakhah and Ethics
12. Kaplan and the Problem of Evil: Cutting the Gordian Knot
Conclusion
Appendix: "Thirteen Wants" of Mordecai Kaplan Reconstructed
Notes
Selected Bibliography and Note on Sources
Index