Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism

Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism
Author: Dana Evan Kaplan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1136055746

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This is a ground breaking collection of essays that takes a hard look at the Reform Movement today. Opening essays look at the problem of building a religous community, the competition in the "spiritual marketplace," and why people join or do not join a Reform synagogue. Other contributors look at a host of controversial issues including Patrilineal Descent, Outreach, Intermarriage, gender issues, gay and lesbian participation, and others.


Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Dana Evan Kaplan
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-11 - Publisher: Routledge

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This is a ground breaking collection of essays that takes a hard look at the Reform Movement today. Opening essays look at the problem of building a religous co
American Reform Judaism
Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: Dana Evan Kaplan
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-04-29 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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The only comprehensive and up-to-date look at Reform Judaism, this book analyzes the forces currently challenging the Reform movement, now the largest Jewish de
Platforms and Prayer Books
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Dana Evan Kaplan
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Platforms and Prayer Books is a remarkable collection of essays that illustrates the Reform Jewish theological enterprise at work. Through lively discussions on
Contemporary American Judaism
Language: en
Pages: 482
Authors: Dana Evan Kaplan
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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No longer controlled by a handful of institutional leaders based in remote headquarters and rabbinical seminaries, American Judaism is being transformed by the
Teshuvot for the Nineties
Language: en
Pages: 436
Authors: Central Conference of American Rabbis
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: CCAR Press

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With a blend of the old and new, traditional and modern Reform principles, Rabbis Plaut and Washofsky elucidate issues of the history and practice of Reform Jew