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Jewish Theology and Process Thought »

Authors: Sandra B. Lubarsky (Editor), David Ray Griffin
ISBN-13: 9780791428092, ISBN-10: 0791428095
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: March 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Sandra B. Lubarsky

Book Synopsis

This collection constitutes the first extended discussion of the relationship between Judaism and process thought. It brings together many Jewish thinkers who have pioneered this discussion.

Booknews

A collection of essays on the relationships, both positive and negative, between Judaism and the metaphysical cosmologies of Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne known as process thought. Jewish thinkers who have found process thought to be a useful framework for contemporary Jewish thought discuss issues that are primarily theological, such as God's transcendence and immanence, the problem of evil, and the idea of revelation. Also included is a dialogue between Jewish and Christian thinkers on the appropriateness of process thought for their religious traditions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Introduction to SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought
	Introduction	1
1	The Prophetic Faith in a Secular Age	25
2	A Process Theory of Torah and Mitzvot	35
3	Judaism and Process Thought: Between Naturalism and Supernaturalism	47
4	Judaism and Process Theology: Parallel Concerns and Challenging Tensions	59
5	The "Essence" of Judaism: A Process-Relational Critique	75
6	Would an All-Powerful God Be Worthy of Worship?	89
7	Process Theodicy, Christology, and the Imitatio Dei	95
8	Theodicy in Jewish Philosophy and David Griffin's Process Theology	127
9	The Concept of God after Auschwitz: A Jewish Voice	143
10	Hans Jonas as Process Theologian	159
11	Reversing the Reversal: Covenant and Election in Jewish and Process Thought	163
12	In the Presence of Mystery: Process Theology and Interfaith Relations	185
13	Rabbinic Text Process Theology	195
14	The Organic Relation Between Natural and Text Process Theologies	233
15	Biblical Hermeneutics and Process Thought	241
16	Living Torah: A Response to William Beardslee	247
17	Hylotheism: A Theology of Pure Process	255
18	Modern and Postmodern Liberal Theology: A Response to Alvin Reines	289
	Notes on Contributors	309
	Index	313