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Subject(s)

• Judaism—Doctrines [Browse]
• Reform Judaism—United States [Browse]

Series

JPS scholar of distinction series. [More in this series]

Summary note

Noted educator, author, and speaker Eugene Borowitz delivers the fruits of his scholarship with grace in this new addition to the JPS Scholar of Distinction series. Gathered in this single volume are 33 essays covering the themes of modern Jewish theology, education, the history of Reform Judaism in America, Jewish law, ethics, and religious dialogue. This collection will appeal to a wide audience, including rabbis; scholars; and readers of religion, modern Jewish thought, and liturgy

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

• "Bibliography of the writings of Eugene B. Borowitz": p. 443-465.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Acknowledgment
• Preface
• A GLIMPSE: WHEN AGNOSTICISM AND RATIONALISMCOULD NO LONGER GROUND OUR VALUES
• 1 / 1950 Theological Conference Cincinnati, 1950: Reform Judaism's Fresh Awareness of Religious Problems
• 2 / 1956 Creating Commitment in Our Religious Schools
• 3 / 1957 The Idea of God
• 4 / 1959 Existentialism's Meaning for Judaism: A Contemporary Midrash
• 5 / 1961 Crisis Theology and the Jewish Community
• 6 / 1963 Faith and Method in Modern Jewish Theology
• 7 / 1964 Creative Worship in the Computer Age
• 8 / 1964 Why We Went: A Joint Letter from the Rabbis Arrested in St. Augustine
• A TRACK: LEADING ON FROM GOD, THE GROUND OF OUR VALUES
• 9 / 1966 On Celebrating Sinai
• 10 / 1970 The Problem of the Form of a Jewish Theology
• 11 / 1970 The Postsecular Situation of Jewish Theology
• 12 / 1971 Education Is Not I-Thou
• 13 / 1974 Tzimtzum: A Mystic Model for Contemporary Leadership
• 14 / 1978 A Jewish Response: The Lure and Limits of Universalizing Our Faith
• 15 / 1982 The Authority of the Ethical Impulse in Halakhah
• 16 / 1983 Recent Historic Events: Jewish and Christian Interpretations
• 17 / 1984 The Autonomous Jewish Self
• A WAY: THE POSTMODERN EXPLICATION OF JEWISH SELFHOOD
• 18 / 1986 Hillul Hashem: A Universalistic Rubric in the Halakhah
• 19 / 1986 The Ideal Jew
• 20 / 1986 The Critical Issue in the Quest for Social Justice: A Jewish View
• 21 / 1987 The Blessing over a Change of Wine: A Study in the Development of a Jewish Law Published in Honor of the Eightieth Birthday of Nathaniel E. Hess
• 22 / 1987 Co-Existing with Orthodox Jews
• 23 / 1992 Dynamic Sunyata and the God Whose Glory Fills the Universe
• 24 / 1997 "Please, God, Heal Her, Please"
• 25 / 2000 "Im ba'et, eyma"-Since You Object, Let Me Put It This Way.
• 26 / 2000 A Life of Jewish Learning: In Search of a Theologyof Judaism
• 27 / 2002 "Halakhah" in Reform Jewish Usage: Historic Background and Current Discourse
• A PAUSE: TO LOOK BACK BEFORE MOVING ON
• Glossary
• Bibliography of the Writing of Eugene B. Borowitz
• Index.

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ISBN

0-8276-0998-1

OCLC

• 676696318
• 923703680

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