Jewish Theology for a Postmodern Age

Miriam Feldmann Kaye

ISBN 10: 1800856237 / ISBN 13: 9781800856233

Edité par LUP - Littman Library, 2022

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• Titre: Jewish Theology for a Postmodern Age
• Éditeur: LUP - Littman Library
• Date de parution: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1800856237
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781800856233
• Reliure: PAP
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 309 grammes

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Synopsis

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.

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.<br />

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Miriam Feldmann Kaye is a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University, and adjunct assistant professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She held the Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Scholarship for Humanities in the Departments of Comparative Religion and Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and served as an associate fellow at the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace and Reconciliation at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Haifa, an MA from the University of London, and is a recipient of the Theological Studies Prize from the University of Cambridge, where she gained her BA in theology and religious studies.