Jewish Theology in Our Time: A New Generation Explores the Foundations and Future of Jewish Belief

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Elliot J. Cosgrove
Jewish Lights Publishing, 2010 - Religion - 202 pages
Foreword Rabbi David J. Wolpe p. xi Preface Rabbi Carole B. Balin p. xiii Introduction p. xvii The God in Process I Will Be Who I Will Be: A God of Dynamic Becoming Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson p. 3 God as the Breath of Life Eitan Fishbane p. 11 Living and Dreaming with God Rabbi Shai Held p. 17 Cosmic Theology and Earthly Religion Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky p. 23 Non-dual Judaism Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels p. 31 The Gods of The Text Open-Source Covenant Rabbi Jonathan Crane p. 43 More Theos, Less Ology Rabbi Jeremy Gordon p. 50 A Progressive Reform Judaism Rabbi Evan Moffic p. 56 Spiritual Mappings: A Jewish Understanding of Religious Diversity Rabbi Or N. Rose p. 63 The Religion of Torah Benjamin D. Sommer p. 71 Ways of Talking about God Five Pillars of Orthodox Judaism or Open Charedism Rabbi Asher Lopatin p. 81 Toward a New Jewish Theological Lexicon Rabbi Michael Marmur p. 86 Martin Buber: The Dialogue with God Rabbi William Plevan p. 93 Radically Free and Radically Claimed: Toward the Next Stage of Liberal Jewish Theology Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi p. 102 Can Traditional Jewish Theology Still Speak to (Some of) Us? Marc B. Shapiro p. 114 A Quest for God A Quest-Driven Faith Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove p. 123 Theological Proximity: The Quest for Intimacy with God Simon Cooper p. 129 Longing to Hear Again Rabbi Leon A. Morris p. 135 Walking the Walk Rabbi Daniel Nevins p. 143 On This Sacred Ground Rabbi Eliyahu Stern p. 149 The God in Between The Radical Divinity Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum p. 159 How I Came to Theology, or Didn't Rabbi Daniel M. Bronstein p. 170 The Theology of the In-Between Benjamin Sax p. 175 First Fruits of the Seasons of Hope and Renewal Rabbi Naamah Kelman p. 183 Afterword p. 188 Notes p. 192 Suggestions for Further Reading p. 198.
 

Contents

A God of Dynamic Becoming
3
Living and Dreaming with God
17
Nondual Judaism
31
More Theos Less Ology
50
A Jewish Understanding
63
Ways of Talking about
79
The Dialogue with God
93
Can Traditional Jewish Theology Still Speak
114
The Quest for Intimacy with God
129
Walking the Walk
143
The Radical Divinity
159
The Theology of the InBetween
175
Afterword
188
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Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, PhD, is rabbi at Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan. He received his masters of Hebrew letters from American Jewish University, studied at the Schechter Institute of Judaic Studies in Jerusalem, and was ordained at The Jewish Theological Seminary. He received his doctorate in the history of Judaism from the University of Chicago Divinity School.

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