The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish ReligionIn this book, Kaplan enlarges on his notion of functional reinterpretation and then actually applies it to the entire ritual cycle of the Jewish year-a rarity in modern Jewish thought. This work continues to function as a central text for the Reconstructionist movement, whose influence continues to grow in American Jewry. |
Contents
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II GOD AS THE POWER THAT MAKES FOR SALVATION | 40 |
III GOD AS THE POWER THAT MAKES FOR SOCIAL REGENERATION | 104 |
IV GOD AS THE POWER THAT MAKES FOR THE REGENERATION OF HUMAN NATURE | 149 |
V GOD IN NATURE AND IN HISTORY | 188 |
VI GOD AS THE POWER THAT MAKES FOR COOPERATION | 202 |
VII GOD FELT AS A PRESENCE | 243 |
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achieve ancient aspect associated atonement attitude aware become behavior belief Berakot common era conceived conception conflict creative Day of Atonement definite divine earth economic Egypt ence ethical evil existence experience expression fact faith Felix Adler festival find first forces freedom fulfill fulfillment function give God’s godhood Greek Hanukkah happiness holy human nature idea ideals identified implied individual influence inherent interests interpretation Israel Jewish civilization Jewish religion Jews Judaism Kaplan life’s liturgy live Lord loyalty man’s manifest meaning Mekilta ment merely mind Mishnah moral law nation one’s organism ourselves past personality Pesah philosophy physical prayer Prophets public worship Rabbis reality realization reflected regarded religious responsibility revealed righteousness ritual Rosh ha-Shanah Sabbath sacrifice salvation scientific self-fulfillment sense Shabbat significance social order society soul sovereignty specific spiritual Sukkah Sukkot survival symbol tendency thinking thou thought tion Torah tradition truth universal values YHWH