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Reconstructionist Judaism

The movement founded by Mordecai Kaplan (1922) that treats Judaism as an 'evolving religious civilization' rather than a revealed religion.

The religious movement founded by Mordecai Kaplan (Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 1922; Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1968). Treats Judaism as an 'evolving religious civilization' rather than a divinely-revealed legal system; deeply influenced by American pragmatism (Dewey).

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Judaism as a Civilization · Mordecai Kaplan

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Reconstructionist Judaism is a modern religious movement founded by Mordecai Kaplan that views Judaism as an evolving civilization shaped by human experience and culture, rather than as divinely comma

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Judaism as a Civilization (metadata) :: reconstructionist-judaism :: generalcurated_attribution

Judaism as a Civilization · Mordecai Kaplan

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Reconstructionist Judaism is a modern religious movement founded by Mordecai Kaplan that views Judaism as an evolving civilization shaped by human experience and culture, rather than as divinely comma

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Reconstructionist Judaism. These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.