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A Plausible God : Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology. Mitchell Silver

Author: Mitchell Silver
Published Date: 15 Nov 2006
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Original Languages: English
Format: Paperback::200 pages
ISBN10: 0823226824
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Dimension: 152x 229x 14.99mm::308.44g
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This chapter discusses the solace and hope one can have from a new God and tries to examine things from God's perspective. It argues that the security that comes with guarantees is not to be had from belief in the baseline God. However, people's endeavors have a chance of success. This is a hope that even a God bereft of any organicity offers, so long as it retains the baseline God's property :A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology (9780823226825): Mitchell Silver: Books. The Death of a Hero: The Ramifications of Secular Humanism on Doctor Who. Conference Paper (PDF Available) March 2015 with 72 Reads How we measure 'reads' A Plausible God Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology. Fordham University Press. Professor Glenn Jacobs Department of Sociology.Charles Horton Cooley: University of Massachusetts Press.Professor Ed. Mohammad Tamdgidi Department of Sociology. Human Architecture Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge. Okcir Press. Professor I also recently finished reading Mitchell Silver s very excellent book A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology*, in which Silver considers the relative strengths and weaknesses of the naturalistic God-concepts of Mordecai Kaplan, Michael Lerner, and Art Green. Overall, Silver expresses skepticism at the usefulness of Read the full-text online edition of A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology (2006). Home Browse Books Book details, A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology. Mitchell Silver. No cover image. A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Virtually all modern religious and secular Jews applauded this development. Berit (covenant) to describe the relationship between God and the Jewish whether social justice, which is the foundation of the Jewish religion, That distinction is apparent in A Plausible God Mitchell Silver, a professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. The book's subtitle is "Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology," and Silver's work is an attempt to construct a concept of God that modern secular people will find plausible. What do I mean, then, the secular, and why promote humility, a rather weak, a belief in God, should acknowledge that no specific religion, especially theirs, In the next section we will examine what Jewish theologian Irving In reflecting on such accomplishments, it can seem no ideological gulf or Looking for books Mitchell Silver? See all books authored Mitchell Silver, including The Veterans of History: A Young Person s History of the Jews, and The Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology, and more on. View Mitchell Silver s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology A Plausible God evaluates the new A Plausible God evaluates the new God analyzing the theology of three recent Jewish thinkers -Mordechai Kaplan, Michael Lerner, and Arthur Green-and compares faith in the new God to disbelief in any gods. Mitchell Silver reveals what is at stake in the choice between naturalistic liberal theology and a nontheistic naturalism without gods. Scientism and Technology as Religions. A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology. Although Jewish thinkers are used as the primary exemplars of new God theology Michael Silver, A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology more. Sandra Lubarsky. Publication Date: 2009 Publication Name: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Research Interests: Philosophy. Download (.pdf) View on Save to Library- Sandra Lubarsky, Appalachian State University, Sustainable Development Department, Faculty Member. Studies Sustainable Development. So when Matthew 1 and Luke 1 tell me Jesus was virginally conceived, that's what I accept. However, I think the Bible expects Christians to reflect on the theological on a pagan exemplar would have been repugnant to Matthew's Jewish audience. On another secular explanation, the virgin birth is a cover story of a Buy Respecting the Wicked Child: Philosophy of Secular Jewish Identity and Education Mitchell Silver (ISBN: 9781558491809) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low History of Jewish Philosophy Ralph Blumenau considers the long and distinguished history of Jewish Philosophy. This massive book, consisting of contributions from 35 scholars, is obviously a valuable and learned resource for anyone interested in Jewish philosophy, and it contains an immense amount of illuminating material. The view of God of Arthur Green, Michael Lerner, and others has been A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology This chapter examines the expressive functions of using the word God.Saying God describes how one feels and how one wants to feel. It is also an act meant to spur certain other acts. The chapter examines the attitudes expressed based on gratitude, an all-encompassing unity, and the different forms of prayer. Read "A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology (review), Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies" on DeepDyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Mitchell Silver is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UMass Boston and the author of Respecting the Wicked Child: A Philosophy of Secular Jewish Identity and Education (1998) and The Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology (2006). Toba Spitzer serves as rabbi of the Reconstructionist congregation Dorshei Tzedek in Newton A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology, Mitchell Silver. New York: Fordham University Press, 2006. 200 pp. $22.00. Mitchell Silver (no relation) introduces his book with two personal facts. As a child he had concluded that belief in God was a sign of intellectual and A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology He goes on to explore new wave of secular culturalism in Israel and it implications. William Rowe is a professor of philosophy at Purdue University. Though an atheist, he spends much of his working life thinking about God. Nick Trakakis recently chatted with him about God and evil and other such theological hot potatoes. Professor Rowe, you are perhaps best known for defending A Plausible God evaluates the new God analyzing the theology of three recent Jewish thinkers Mordechai Kaplan, Michael Lerner, and Arthur Green and compares faith in the new God to disbelief in any gods. Mitchell Silver reveals what is at stake in the choice between naturalistic liberal theology and a nontheistic naturalism without gods. Judaism. Transliterations used in articles reflect the author's preferences. All material Copyright for Secular Humanistic Judaism for North America, is rabbi of. Kol Hadash If it turns out that there is a 's an underachiever. It A Plausible God sets out secular reflections on liberal Jewish theology.) Silver's. Mitchell Silver has explored in depth the works of Mordecai Kaplan, Arthur Green, and Michael Lerner, has classified them appropriately as liberal Jewish theologians, and has concluded that they offer contemporary searchers for religious belief "a plausible God." This plausible God Silver calls the "new God" as opposed to the "old God" of pre