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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Contributors xv
6. Introduction: Kaplan and Jewish Modernity 1
7. PART I. CONTEXTS
8. 1. Kaplan and the Retrieval of the Haskalah 17
9. 2. The Reconstruction of Jewish Religion Out of Secular Culture 35
10. PART 2. STAGES IN A LIFE
11. 3. Becoming Centered: Community and Spirituality in the Early Kaplan 51
12. 4. Kaplan and Israel Friedlaender: Expectation and Failure 94
13. 5. Kaplan and Cyrus Adler 122
14. 6. Kaplan and Milton Steinberg: A Disciple's Agreements and Disagreements 140
15. PART 3. INTELLECTUAL CONTEMPORARIES
16. 7. Kaplan and john Dewey 171
17. 8. Kaplan and Henry Nelson Wieman 197
18. 9. Ahad Ha-Am in Kaplan: Roads Crossing and Parting 221
19. 10. Kaplan, Abraham joshua Heschel, and Martin Buber: Three Approaches to jewish Revival 234
20. PART 4. REINTERPRETING JUDAISM
21. 11. A Critical Assessment of Kaplan's Ideas of Salvation 255
22. 12. Kaplan's Approach to Metaphysics 271
23. 13. Kaplan and Process Theology 283
24. 14. Kaplan's Reinterpretation of the Bible 294
25. 15. Kaplan as Liturgist 319
26. PART 5. THE IDEOLOGIST
27. 16. Kaplan and the Role of Women in Judaism 333
28. 17. Kaplan's Influence on Jewish Social Work 357
29. 18. Kaplan and Jewish Education: Reflections on His Influence 370
30. 19. The Quest for Economic Justice: Kaplan's Response to the Challenge of Communism, 1929-1940 385
31. 20. Reflections on Kaplan's Zionism 401
32. Complete Bibliography of the Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan 415
33. Index 453