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Description

1. 1 online resource (xix, 336 pages) : portrait.

Series statement

1. The modern Jewish experience

Uniform title

1. Radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan (Online)

Alternative title

1. Radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan (Online)

Subject

1. Reconstructionist Judaism
2. Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983

Contents

1. Excommunications: Kaplan and Spinoza -- Self-reliance: Kaplan and Emerson -- Nationalism and righteousness: Ahad ha-Am and Matthew Arnold -- Universalism and pragmatism: Felix Adler, William James, and John Dewey -- Kaplan and peoplehood: Judaism as a civilization and Zionism -- Kaplan and his God: an ambivalent relationship -- Kaplan's theology: beyond supernaturalism -- Salvation: the goal of religion -- Salvation embodied: the vehicle of mitzvot -- Mordecai the pious: Kaplan and Heschel -- The law: halakhah and ethics -- Kaplan and the problem of evil: cutting the gordian knot -- Appendix: "Thirteen wants" of Mordecai Kaplan reconstructed.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Scult, Mel.

Title

1. The radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan [electronic resource] / Mel Scult.

Imprint

1. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2014]

Series

1. The modern Jewish experience

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2013019522