Coherent Judaism : Constructive Theology

Name: Coherent Judaism : Constructive Theology
Brand: Academic Studies Press

Academic Studies Press

Coherent JudaismConstructive Theology, Creation, and Halakhah\nAuthor(s): Shai Cherry\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Academic Studies Press, United States\nImprint: Academic Studies Press\nISBN-13: 9781644693407, 978-1644693407\nSynopsis\nCoherent Judaism begins by excavating the theologies within the Torah and tracing their careers through the Jewish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. Any compelling, contemporary Judaism must cohere as much as possible with traditional Judaism and everything else we believe to be true about our [url] challenge is that over the past two centuries, our understandings of both the Torah and nature have radically changed. Nevertheless, much Jewish wisdom can be translated into a contemporary idiom that both coheres with all that we believe and enriches our lives as individuals and within our communities.\n\nCoherent Judaism explains why pre-modern Judaism opted to privilege consensus around Jewish behavior (halakhah) over belief. The stresses of mod.