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The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion

Mordecai M. Kaplan
Introduction by Mel Scult 		Introduction by Mel Scult
Foreword to the 1962 Edition
Preface

I. Introduction: How to Reinterpret the God Idea in the Jewish Religion
II. God as the Power That Makes for Salvation
III. God as the Power That Makes for Social Regeneration
IV. God as the Power That Makes for the Regeneration of Human Nature
V. God in Nature and in History
VI. God as the Power That Makes for Cooperation
VII. God Felt as a Presence
VIII. God as the Power That Makes for Freedom
IX. "God as the Power That Makes for Righteousness—Not Ourselves"
X. Jewish Religion as a Means to Jewish National Survival		 Mordecai M. Kaplan (1881-1983), American rabbi, educator, and theologian, is one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century.
 
$26.95s paper / ISBN 0-8143-2552-1

384 pages

1994 (1937 Behrman House)