Accepting and excepting : on pluralism and chosenness out of the sources of Judaism / Raphael Jospe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jospe, Raphael, author.

Series:

Emunot

Emunot: Jewish philosophy and kabbulah

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Religious pluralism.

Jews--Election, Doctrine of.

Jews.

Judaism--Doctrines--Comparative studies.

Judaism.

Antisemitism.

Religious fundamentalism.

epistemology.

antisemitism.

Physical Description:

515 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Newton, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Accepting and Excepting: On Pluralism and Chosenness Out of the Sources of Judaism is a collection of essays examining the need for inter-religious pluralism. So long as religions compete with each other by exclusive claims to absolute truth and salvation, how can they cooperate as forces for peace in an era of the global village and weapons of mass destruction? Our cognition of reality is necessarily colored and shaped by language, culture, religion, and gender. Given inevitable epistemological (not moral) relativism, exclusive and absolute truth claims are meaningless. By a process of revaluation, Jews can affirm the concept of the Chosen People as internally directed with no claims of superiority, and observe traditional sancta without traditional theism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Philosophy, Jewish

2. Religious pluralism

3. Epistemological relativism

4. Chosen people

5. Revaluation

6. Antisemitism and antiZionism

7. Fundamentalism

8. Mordecai Kaplan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Jospe, Raphael, 1947- Accepting and excepting

ISBN:

9798897830084

OCLC:

1513827082