Reform Judaism And Darwin

Author : Daniel Langton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110664119
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reform Judaism and Darwin written by Daniel Langton and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwin provoked Jewish as well as Christian thinkers so that many felt obliged to establish oppositional, alternative, synthetic, or complimentary models relating Jewish religion to his theory of natural selection. This book examines a range of leading nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American progressive Jewish thinkers, with the primary focus being rabbis Kohler, Wise, Hirsch, Krauskopf, and Hahn, although many others are covered. Key themes include the widespread commitment to universal evolutionism, that is, the application of biological evolutionary theory to other realms (e.g. history, religion, cosmic), and the particular fascination with the evolution of ethical systems within human societies, bearing in mind mankind’s bestial origins and the new challenges for understanding religious authority and revelation. It is argued that Reform Jewish discussions about the nature of God have been more profoundly shaped by engagement with evolutionary theory than has been recognized before, and that evolutionary thought provides the key framework for understanding Reform Judaism itself. The precise nature of Jewish Reform engagement with Christian proponents of theistic evolution are important, as are their interest in alternative evolutionists to Darwin, such as Spencer and Haeckel.

Author : Daniel R. Langton
Publisher : ISSN
ISBN 13 : 9783110659139
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reform Judaism and Darwin written by Daniel R. Langton and published by ISSN. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of leading 19th- and early 20th-century American progressive Jewish thinkers who wrestled with evolutionary theories. Key themes include the widespread commitment to the application of biological evolutionary theory to history and cos

Author : Daniel Langton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110661225
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reform Judaism and Darwin written by Daniel Langton and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwin provoked Jewish as well as Christian thinkers so that many felt obliged to establish oppositional, alternative, synthetic, or complimentary models relating Jewish religion to his theory of natural selection. This book examines a range of leading nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American progressive Jewish thinkers, with the primary focus being rabbis Kohler, Wise, Hirsch, Krauskopf, and Hahn, although many others are covered. Key themes include the widespread commitment to universal evolutionism, that is, the application of biological evolutionary theory to other realms (e.g. history, religion, cosmic), and the particular fascination with the evolution of ethical systems within human societies, bearing in mind mankind’s bestial origins and the new challenges for understanding religious authority and revelation. It is argued that Reform Jewish discussions about the nature of God have been more profoundly shaped by engagement with evolutionary theory than has been recognized before, and that evolutionary thought provides the key framework for understanding Reform Judaism itself. The precise nature of Jewish Reform engagement with Christian proponents of theistic evolution are important, as are their interest in alternative evolutionists to Darwin, such as Spencer and Haeckel.

Author : Geoffrey Cantor
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226093018
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism written by Geoffrey Cantor and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwin’s theory of evolution transformed the life sciences and made profound claims about human origins and the human condition, topics often viewed as the prerogative of religion. As a result, evolution has provoked a wide variety of religious responses, ranging from angry rejection to enthusiastic acceptance. While Christian responses to evolution have been studied extensively, little scholarly attention has been paid to Jewish reactions. Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism is the first extended meditation on the Jewish engagement with this crucial and controversial theory. The contributors to Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism—from several academic disciplines and two branches of the rabbinate—present case studies showing how Jewish discussions of evolution have been shaped by the intersections of faith, science, philosophy, and ideology in specific historical contexts. Furthermore, they examine how evolutionary theory has been deployed when characterizing Jews as a race, both by Zionists and by anti-Semites. Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism addresses historical and contemporary, as well as progressive and Orthodox, responses to evolution in America, Europe, and Israel, ultimately extending the history of Darwinism into new religious domains.

Author : Eugene B. Borowitz
Publisher : Behrman House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780874413946
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Reform Judaism written by Eugene B. Borowitz and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 1985 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the history and theology of the Jewish Reform movement.

Author : Ronald L. Numbers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521620710
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disseminating Darwinism written by Ronald L. Numbers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-12-28 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative collection of original essays focuses on the ways in which geography, gender, race, and religion influenced the reception of Darwinism in the English-speaking world of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The contributions to this volume collectively illustrate the importance of local social, physical, and religious arrangements, while revealing that neither distance from Darwin's home at Down nor size of community greatly influenced how various regions responded to Darwinism. Essays spanning the world from Great Britain and North America to Australia and New Zealand explore the various meanings for Darwinism in these widely separated locales, while other chapters focus on the difference it made in the debates over evolution.

Author : David Philipson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reform Movement in Judaism written by David Philipson and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emanuel Schreiber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reformed Judaism and Its Pioneers written by Emanuel Schreiber and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dana Evan Kaplan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0827609345
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Reform Judaism written by Dana Evan Kaplan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the book that American Jews and particularly American Reform Jews have been waiting for: a clear and informed call for further reform in the Reform movement. In light of profound demographic, social, and technological developments, it has become increasingly clear that the Reform movement will need to make major changes to meet the needs of a quickly evolving American Jewish population. Younger Americans in particular differ from previous generations in how they relate to organized religion, often preferring to network through virtual groups or gather in informal settings of their own choosing. Dana Evan Kaplan, an American Reform Jew and pulpit rabbi, argues that rather than focusing on the importance of loyalty to community, Reform Judaism must determine how to engage the individual in a search for existential meaning. It should move us toward a critical scholarly understanding of the Hebrew Bible, that we may emerge with the perspectives required by a postmodern world. Such a Reform Judaism can at once help us understand how the ancient world molded our most cherished religious traditions and guide us in addressing the increasingly complex social problems of our day.

Author : W. Gunther Plaut
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0827612818
Total Pages : 803 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Growth of Reform Judaism written by W. Gunther Plaut and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fiftieth anniversary edition of W. Gunther Plaut's classic second volume on the history of the Jewish Reform Movement is a sourcebook of the original writings that shaped the second century of organized liberal Judaism. The Growth of Reform Judaism features a new introduction, a new epilogue, and important additional primary sources documenting the profound changes of the last fifty years. Although the emphasis in this volume is chiefly on the American scene, where the movement had its most notable advances, selections of representative liberal Jewish thought in Europe and to a lesser degree in Israel are included as well. These selections help us to understand the emergence and character, problems and tensions of Reform Judaism as it developed and grew in modern times. In addition to the primary texts new to this edition, David Ellenson's epilogue considers the developments of the last fifty years that have continued to shape the course of Reform Judaism.