A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community

A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 0231504497
ISBN-13 : 9780231504492
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Download or read book A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community written by Jeffrey S. Gurock and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1997-02-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist movement, was the most influential and controversial radical Jewish thinker in the twentieth century. This book examines the intellectual influences that moved Kaplan from Orthodoxy and analyzes the combination of personal, strategic, and career reasons that kept Kaplan close to Orthodox Jews, posing a question crucial to the understanding of any religion: Can an established religious group learn from a heretic who has rejected its most fundamental beliefs?


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