Jewish theology for a postmodern age /

Through a critical study of the writings of Rav Shagar and Tamar Ross, Miriam Feldmann Kaye asks how Jewish theology can survive the tide of postmodernism and its refutation of a single, objective, and ultimate truth, and suggests how aspects of postmodernism might be conceived of as a potential res...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feldmann Kaye, Miriam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, in association with Liverpool University Press, 2019.
Series:Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
Subjects:
Sh. G. R. > (Shimʻon Gershon Rozenberg)
Ross, Tamar.
Ross, Tamar
2000-2099
Postmodernism > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Judaism > Doctrines.
Judaism > Philosophy.
Jewish philosophy > 21st century.
Postmodernism.
Postmodernisme > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Judaïsme > Doctrines.
Judaïsme > Philosophie.
Philosophie juive > 21e siècle.
Postmodernisme.
Judaism.
Theology.
Judaism: theology.
History > Jewish.
Religion > Judaism > History.
Religion > Theology.
Religion > Judaism > Theology.
Jewish philosophy
Judaism > Doctrines
Judaism > Philosophy
Postmodernism
Postmodernism > Religious aspects > Judaism
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Note on transliteration. Introduction : Conceptual backdrop: the enigma of postmodernism
  • Objectives
  • Concepts and terminology
  • The focus of this book
  • Reading Tamar Ross: two theological principles
  • Reading Shagar
  • Comparative methodologies. 1 Culture : Cultural particularism
  • The deconstruction of universalism
  • Multiple truths and the perils of relativism
  • Conclusions. 2 Language : The problem of language
  • Religious language in a postmodern age
  • Shagar: language, semiotics, and theology
  • Ross: language and imagination
  • Conclusions. 3 Revelation : Torah min hashamayim through a postmodern lens
  • Culture and revelation: the role of the community
  • Language and revelation: mysticism and deconstructionism
  • Imaging and imagining: "visionary theology" for the postmodern age. Conclusion : "Visionary theology"
  • The future: Jewish approaches to other religions and interreligious dialogue. Bibliography
  • Index.

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