Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
1. An Incessantly Gushing Fountain: The Nature of Jewish Theology, Byron Sherwin
II. Classical Theologians in the Twentieth Century: Approaches to God
2. Religion of Reason Out of the Sources of Judaism, Hermann Cohen
3. The Star of Redemption, Franz Rosenzweig
4. I and Thou
5. A Thirst for the Living God; and The Pangs of Cleansing, Abraham Isaac Kook
6. God as the Power that Makes for Salvation, Mordecai Kaplan
7. God in Search of Men, Abraham Joshua Heschel
III. Contemporary Reflections on Traditional Themes
A. God
8. Belief in a Personal God: The Position of Liberal Supernaturalism, Louis Jacobs
9. In Search of God, Elliot N. Dorff
10. From God to Godliness: Proposal for a Predicate Theology, Harold M. Schulweis
11. Toward a Feminist Jewish Reconstruction of Monotheism; and Further Thoughts on Liturgy as an Expression of Theology, Marcia Falk
12. Jewish Feminist Theology, Ellen M. Umansky
B. Creation
13. The Wings of the Dove: Jewish Values, Science, and Halachah, David W. Weiss
14. Seek My Face, Speak My Name, Arthur Green
C. Revelation
15. Revelation in the Jewish Tradition, Emanuel Levinas
16. Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew, Neil Gillman
D. Redemption
17. The Natural and the Supernatural Jew, Arthur A. Cohen
18. On Jewish Eschatology, Steven Schwarzschild
E. Covenant/Chosenness
19. Renewing the Covenant, Eugene Borowitz
20. The Election of Israel, David Novak
21. The Body of Faith, Michael Wyschogrod
22. Standing Again at Sinai, Judith Plaskow
23. A Jewish Theology of Jewish Relations to Other Peoples, Elliot N. Dorff
F. Law
24. Halakhic Man, Joseph Soloveitchik
25. Some Criteria for Modern Jewish Observance, Jakob J. Petuchowski
26. Dynamics of Judaism, Robert Gordis
27. Engendering Judaism, Rachel Adler
IV. Two Pivotal Experiences in the Twentieth Century
A. The Holocaust
28. Faith after the Holocaust, Eliezer Berkovits
29. After Auschwitz, Richard Rubenstein
30. The Jewish Return into History; and To Mend the World, Emil Fackenheim
31. Cloud of Smoke, Pillar of Fire: Judaism, Christianity, and Modernity after the Holocaust, Irving Greenberg
B. The State of Israel
32. Exile as a Neurotic Solution, A.B. Yehoshua
33. The Third Jewish Commonwealth, David Hartman
34. The Religious and Moral Significance of the Redemption of Israel. Yeshayahu Leibowitz
35. Beyond Innocence and Redemption, Marc Ellis
V. Looking Toward the Future of Jewish Thought: A Symposium
36. New Directions in Jewish Theology in America, Arthur Green
37. Another Perspective on Theological Directions for the Jewish Future, Rebecca T. Alpert
38. The Nature and Direction of Modern Jewish Theology: Some Thoughts Occasioned by Arthur Green, David Ellenson
39. B'nei Ezra: An Introduction to Textual Reasoning, Peter Ochs
Suggestions for Further Reading
Biographical Sketches