A Critique of Borowitz's Postmodern Jewish Theology

Abstract. Borowitz's book is primarily a systematic response by a liberal Jewish theologian to his perceived challenges from rationalism on one hand and postmodernism on the other. It is within this context that Borowitz discusses issues of the relationship between modern science and Judaism. T...

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Main Author: Samuelson, Norbert M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1993
In: Zygon
Year: 1993, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 267-282
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B liberalism and traditionalism
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B hafakhah and aggadah
B Bertrand Russell and the Principia Mathematica
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B Jewish and singular self
B Moral relativism
B Autonomy
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B individual rights
B human rights and democracy
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B rationalism and nonrationalism
B modernism and postmodernism
B Realism
B Eugene B. Borowitz
B Reconstructionist
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B hopeless hope
B Martin Buber
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Summary:Abstract. Borowitz's book is primarily a systematic response by a liberal Jewish theologian to his perceived challenges from rationalism on one hand and postmodernism on the other. It is within this context that Borowitz discusses issues of the relationship between modern science and Judaism. The first part of this essay is a summary of Borowitz's book. Here I locate Borowitz's place in the general discipline of Jewish philosophy and theology. The second part of the paper is a critique of Borowitz's discussion of postmodernism and liberalism. It is in this concluding section that the issues raised by contemporary science for Jewish religious thought are discussed.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1993.tb01031.x