Table of Contents

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

Reviews

"Excellent anthology of contemporary Jewish theological writings. Extremely well received by students. Most helpful in classroom. Readings appropriately chosen and lengths are appropriate too."--Judith Mendelsohn Rood, William Tyndale College
"What a rich compendium! A stimulating distillation of the best Jewish thought from a century marked by anguish and triumph. We see in these sections how strong the theological etnerprise is in modern Judaism, in every form from Reform to Neo-Orthodoxy. Ideal for serious readers."--Ralph Keen, University of Iowa