Mordecai Kaplan: “The Master of Midrash”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. Preface 8
5. Introduction 10
6. Jewish Images of God 18
7. The Certainty of Myth: The Legacy of Neil Gillman 42
8. The Seminary Theology Professor’s Special Responsibility 50
9. A Neo-Hasidic Life: Credo and Reflections 65
10. Is There an Essential Theology for a Halakhic Movement? 88
11. Is Theology the Handmaiden of Halakhah? 104
12. Is the “Halakhic Authenticity” of Conservative Judaism a Broken Myth? 130
13. Toward a Curriculum for Increasing the Active Participation of Congregants at Prayer Services 151
14. Mordecai Kaplan: “The Master of Midrash” 170
15. The “Ethnic Jew” and Judaism in America according to Felix Adler, Josephine Lazarus, and Mordecai Kaplan 182
16. Making Peace with Philosophy: Emil L. Fackenheim’s Hegelianism 210
17. Living the Death of God in the Hope of Words: On Gillman, Jabès, Marcel, and Badiou 220
18. Index 236