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Contemporary Jewish Theology

A Reader
Edited by Elliot N. Dorff and Louis E. Newman
ISBN13: 9780195114676ISBN10: 0195114671 Paperback, 544 pages
Sep 1998,  In Stock

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Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
1. An Incessantly Gushing Fountain: The Nature of Jewish Theology , Byron Sherwin
II. Classical Theologians in the Twentieth Century: Approaches to God
2. Religion of Reason Out of the Sources of Judaism , Hermann Cohen
3. The Star of Redemption , Franz Rosenzweig
4. Martin Buber
5. A Thirst for the Living God; and The Pangs of Cleansing , Abraham Isaac Kook
6. God as the Power that Makes for Salvation , Mordecai Kaplan
7. God in Search of Men , Abraham Joshua Heschel
III. Contemporary Reflections on Traditional Themes
A. God
8. Belief in a Personal God: The Position of Liberal Supernaturalism , Louis Jacobs
9. In Search of God , Elliot N. Dorff
10. From God to Godliness: Proposal for a Predicate Theology , Harold M. Schulweis
11. Toward a Feminist Jewish Reconstruction of Monotheism; and Further Thoughts on Liturgy as an Expression of Theology , Marcia Falk
12. Jewish Feminist Theology , Ellen M. Umansky
B. Creation
13. The Wings of the Dove: Jewish Values, Science, and Halachah , David W. Weiss
14. Seek My Face, Speak My Name , Arthur Green
C. Revelation
15. Revelation in the Jewish Tradition , Emanuel Levinas
16. Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew , Neil Gillman
D. Redemption
17. The Natural and the Supernatural Jew , Arthur A. Cohen
18. On Jewish Eschatology , Steven Schwarzschild
E. Covenant/Chosenness
19. Renewing the Covenant , Eugene Borowitz
20. The Election of Israel , David Novak
21. The Body of Faith , Michael Wyschogrod
22. Standing Again at Sinai , Judith Plaskow
23. A Jewish Theology of Jewish Relations to Other Peoples , Elliot N. Dorff
F. Law
24. Halakhic Man , Joseph Soloveitchik
25. Some Criteria for Modern Jewish Observance , Jakob J. Petuchowski
26. Dynamics of Judaism , Robert Gordis
27. Engendering Judaism , Rachel Adler
IV. Two Pivotal Experiences in the Twentieth Century
A. The Holocaust
28. Faith after the Holocaust , Eliezer Berkovits
29. After Auschwitz , Richard Rubenstein
30. The Jewish Return into History; and To Mend the World , Emil Fackenheim
31. Cloud of Smoke, Pillar of Fire: Judaism, Christianity, and Modernity after the Holocaust , Irving Greenberg
B. The State of Israel
32. Exile as a Neurotic Solution , A.B. Yehoshua
33. The Third Jewish Commonwealth , David Hartman
34. The Religious and Moral Significance of the Redemption of Israel. Yeshayahu Leibowitz
35. Beyond Innocence and Redemption , Marc Ellis
V. Looking Toward the Future of Jewish Thought: A Symposium
36. New Directions in Jewish Theology in America , Arthur Green
37. Another Perspective on Theological Directions for the Jewish Future , Rebecca T. Alpert
38. The Nature and Direction of Modern Jewish Theology: Some Thoughts Occasioned by Arthur Green , David Ellenson
39. B'nei Ezra: An Introduction to Textual Reasoning , Peter Ochs
Suggestions for Further Reading
Biographical Sketches