A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community
Download or Read eBook A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community PDF 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.
| Author | : Jeffrey S. Gurock |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 1997-02-03 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0231504497 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780231504492 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community by : Jeffrey S. Gurock
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?
