UID:
almafu_9960118988802883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 160 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-80034-333-7
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1-78962-423-1
Series Statement:
Liverpool scholarship online
Content:
〈div〉In the postmodern, relativist world-view with its refutation of a single, objective, and ultimate truth, it has become difficult if not impossible to argue in favour of one's own beliefs as preferable to those of others. Miriam Feldmann Kaye's pioneering study is one of the first English-language books to address Jewish theology from a postmodern perspective, probing the question of how Jewish theology 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, Feldmann Kaye shows how postmodernism might actually be a resource for rejuvenating religion.〈/div〉〈br〉〈br〉 〈div〉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. Rather than advocating postmodern ideas, she analyses their writings through the lens of the most radical of continental postmodern philosophers and cultural critics in order to offer a compelling theology compatible with that 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.〈/div〉
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jul 2020).
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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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-906764-68-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3828/9781906764685
URL:
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781789624236/type/BOOK
