Format:
viii, 160 Seiten
ISBN:
9781800856233
Series Statement:
The Littman library of Jewish civilization
Content:
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
Content:
This pioneering study is one of the first English-language books to address Jewish theology from a postmodern perspective, probing the question of how it has the potential to survive the postmodern onslaught that some see as heralding the collapse of religion. Basing her arguments on both philosophical and theological scholarship, the author shows how postmodernism might actually be a resource for rejuvenating religion. Her response to the conception of theology and postmodernism as competing systems of thought is based on a close critical study of Rav Shagar (Shimon Gershon Rosenberg) and Tamar Ross. She analyzes their writings through the lens of the most radical continental postmodern philosophers and cultural critics in order to offer a compelling theology compatible with their world-view. Whether the reader considers postmodernism to be inherently problematic or merely inconsequential, this study demonstrates why reconsidering these preconceptions is one of the most pressing issues in contemporary Jewish thought
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [137]-151) and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Rozenberg, Shimʿon Gershon 1949-2007
;
Ross, Tamar 1938-
;
Jüdische Theologie
;
Postmoderne
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