The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion

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"The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion" is a seminal work of Reconstructionist Jewish theology that redefines the concept of God in naturalistic and pragmatic terms for contemporary Jewish life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reconstructionist Jewish theology text
book
theological work
addresses modern Jewish life
relationship between God and Jewish peoplehood
religious belief in a scientific age
aimsTo integrate Jewish tradition with contemporary philosophy
make Jewish belief intellectually credible to moderns
audience modern Jews
students of Jewish theology
characteristic emphasis on God as process rather than person
rejection of a personal, interventionist deity
use of contemporary philosophical categories
definesGodAs power that makes for salvation
sum of the processes that make for human self-fulfillment
emphasizes community
cultural and historical experience of the Jewish people
ethical living
genre Jewish thought
religious philosophy
historicalSignificance foundational text for Reconstructionist concept of God
influenced development of Reconstructionist liturgy
modern liberal Jewish theology
language English
mainSubject Jewish theology
Reconstructionist Judaism
concept of God
pragmatism in religion
religious naturalism
philosophicalInfluence American pragmatism
modernist theology
religious naturalism
positionOnCovenant interprets covenant in civilizational and communal terms
positionOnMiracles non-literal, naturalistic interpretation
positionOnPrayer understood as self-transformation rather than petition
redefines traditional Jewish concept of God
religiousMovement Reconstructionist Judaism
religiousTradition Judaism
theologicalOrientation naturalistic
non-supernaturalist
pragmatic
viewOfHalakha evolving religious civilization
viewOfRevelation ongoing and humanly mediated

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Mordecai Kaplan authorOf The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion